SMB cifs wont automout using vers=3.0 in Ubuntu Server 18.04LTS /etc/fstab...
If I login and manually run mount -a it mounts without any problems. But auto-mount is not running. I've tried the following:`//192.168.0.85/someshare/Directory /var/log/remoteMount cifs...
View ArticlePrevent mounting a partition in fstab
So I feel really bad for asking this question because it looks like it has been asked a million times on the internet. I am even finding a very consistent answer, and I am not getting any errors when I...
View ArticleNFS mounts not happening at boot in 18.04 or 18.10
I'm trying to set up a couple of NFS mounts to automatically mount at boot. I'm not new to this; I did this on Solaris in 1985.Here's what I have in /etc/fstab:iomega:/nfs/Music /music nfs rw,auto,user...
View ArticlePlex media server and mount issues in Ubuntu 13.04
hopefully it's not too much of a newbie question......so, i have decided to drop plex media server onto an Ubuntu install in order to provide my house with a stable platform that will maximize...
View ArticleUbuntu booting to maintenance mode after altering /etc/fstab
I've got a file server running Ubuntu Server LTS 16.04.1.Originally it had 2 hard drives, the first running my OS (swap and boot), the second was strictly a media storage drive (1 whole partition with...
View Articlemount error(115): Operation now in progress. Refer to the mount.cifs(8)...
I am following the steps listed here to try to get my WD Passport Wireless Pro 3TB HDD to work with Lubuntu 18.04: http://tutodir.com/how-to-mount-wd-my-passport-wireless-pro-on-ubuntu/I run into the...
View ArticleRoot filesystem check failed
While updating ubuntu my system crashed and after restarting and entering to ubuntu I get the message Root filesystem check failed.Very much similar to the post Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10: Filesystem check...
View ArticleSuddenly /etc/fstab user options are ignored for my ntfs partition [closed]
I have had my documents on a separate partition, so that I can access it from other os, using NTFS. It has worked fairly well until yesterday when I upgraded to ubuntu 24. I wonder if the spec for...
View ArticleHow to map several folders (e.g `/home`, `/var`) to a different (but the...
Let's say I'd like to keep /home and /var and possibly several more folders on one single separate partition, but all on the same partition. How should I accomplish this?I know how I could put all...
View ArticleMounting an NTFS partition at boot and without password
I have a dual-boot Ubuntu/Windows laptop in which the Windows NTFS partition is shared with Linux. At the moment the mounting arrangement for this NTFS partition is such that it is not mounted through...
View ArticleFile's Access Time changes correctly when cat this file locally, but not when...
Ubuntu server 24.04 with installed nfs-kernel-server.In /etc/fstab entry for "/ ext4 defaults,strictatime, 0 1"When I use cat on file locally from shell, every cat updates Access time for this...
View ArticleNFS mount Ubuntu 22.04 - Connection timed out
I have two systems running on Ubuntu 22.04. I want to mount one of the disks of the server (PC1 - auerbach) on the client (PC2 - hubel) using NFS.The /etc/exports file on PC1 looks like the...
View Articlerpi4 - Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS - NFS drive not mounting on boot
I have been having an issue getting an NFS share to automatically mount on boot for a handful of rpi4's all running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS.If I run a sudo mount -a the drive successfully mounts with no...
View ArticleHow to auto mount VMware Shared Folder on boot
I want to automatically mount a VMware Shared Folder on boot in Ubuntu.Currently, I'm using the following command manually each time:sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/"Ubuntu Shared Folder" /mnt/hgfs/"Ubuntu...
View ArticlePermission masking at boot
Sick of wasting time with AIs that say completely contradictory things, here I am.I am trying to mount at boot an exfat storage device mainly used to save media & docs but with some scripts to...
View ArticleUUID=xxx does not exist. Dropping to a shell
Because of a hardware failure my motherboard has just been replaced. After the replacement, my system (Ubuntu 17.10) doesn't boot:ALERT! UUID=dd84f4b3-d5bf-42e4-9b5e-ec685a461fad does not exist....
View ArticleMount returns reason given by server: No such file or directory
Yes! Another boring mount question :-) :My home server had crashed - probably because 1 of the HDD has crashed - after removing it the server went back on without issues. note that there are 2 other...
View ArticleHow can I prevent auto-mounting of a partition in fstab?
Previously, I prevented auto-mounting of a particular partition at boot by the following line in /etc/fstabUUID=<alphanumeric> /media/windowsHDD ntfs user,noauto 0 0At some point in the last...
View ArticleGetting wrong mount point
I set up a system, recently and had to modify it due to a hard drive failure. I have not been able to get that system back up and running, since.I set up two mount points for the drives in the /media/...
View Articleusb 1t read-only mode
(edited)I'm trying to use an old 1t usb disk. Nautilus mounts the device but in read-only mode.dmesg last lines are:[15503.016560] audit: type=1107 audit(1735996768.734:848): pid=1146 uid=103...
View ArticleMount nfs folder to be able to access from different user number
I have 2 Ubuntu 24:04 systems one is on a System76 laptop, the other is on a RPi5. The default starting user numbers are different on the two systems, one started at 1000, the other at 1002. I would...
View Articlesshfs with fstab: wrong uid, gid and Input/output error
I want to sshfs from my Linux machine (Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS) to my MacBook. I could do it at command line withsshfs jczhang@10.0.2.2:/Users/jczhang/mysharedfolder /home/jczhang/mysharedfolderIt worked...
View ArticleIcons disappearing after one or more static fstab network shares disconnect
As in title, icons dissapear after at least one static network share is disconnected.I have few PC on windows that share folders in the network, then on Ubuntu, I have few folders creates on desktop...
View ArticleTimed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/ 1:30 boot continues
I used to have an external drive that I wanted to automount on boot.If it wasn't connected it would delay boot until timeout 1:30 mins later.The exact error:Timed out waiting for device...
View ArticleFstab Mount new LVG
I am having difficulty auto-mounting my newly created LVG. I tried adding the following line to /etc/fstab:/dev/vgBackup/lvBackup /home/stuart/volume_backup ext3 defaults 0 1I also tried swapping the...
View ArticleErrors auto mounting google-drive-ocamlfuse
I recently set up google-drive-ocamlfuse so that I could use google drive from my desktop. I followed the instructions on this...
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How to edit fstab to fix non existing mountpoints?
I'm using Ubuntu on Virtual Box and after a system crash OS stopped booting. I believe the solution would be to edit the fstab file but i'm afraid I already damage it trying.Is it possible to fix or...
View Articleenable write access for AMP server backup
Another newb question.I have an additional 500gb drive in my system, currently partitioned to Linus EXT and mounted as /home/ollie/serversavesI'd like to have my AMP Minecraft server backups go onto...
View ArticleMount separate disk inside /home or symbolic link?
I have two internal SSD disks.Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, including /home, is installed on SSD1, which was set up with LVM and LUKS during install.I set up SSD2 with LUKS (but not LVM) which is unlocked using a...
View ArticleUbuntu 22.04 USB drive will not mount at bootup but will using 'sudo mount -a'
As the title says, I have two usb drives connected to my Ubuntu 22.04 machine and one of the drives will not mount on bootup. However, if I do a "sudo mount -a" it mounts correctly. This would suggest...
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