How to append a line to /etc/fstab via ssh [duplicate]
I have a hdd automount program written.The software uses ssh in order to issue requests against the target machine.The Idea is that a newly installed hdd is automatically added to fstab.I have gotten...
View ArticleHow to mount a hard disk as read-only from the terminal
How do you mount a hard disk from the command line as read-only? I don't want or need a link to the man page, I want the exact thing I will have to type in if the following is true:disk to mount is on...
View ArticleMove fstab onto another partition
I am currently making a from USB bootable Ubuntu, which I want to use from USB. The thing is, that I want to save stuff like keyboard settings. I achieved moving ~ to the new partition, but when I...
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 ArticleWastebasket not enabled for NFS mounted folders
I have been unable to find a relevant answer to this problem, although it's the sort of thing that is commonly reported on the web.I recently migrated my existing HDD drives to a new Synology NAS after...
View ArticleCan't mount ext4 partition with write permissions
I got a new computer, so I decided to scavenge the old one and use it's 240GiB SSD as my games partition. After I formatted and configured it, I can mount it (and it even auto mounts with fstab), but...
View ArticleHow to mount --bind an unmounted folder on startup?
I am dual booting Ubuntu 20.04 with Windows 10 pro. I have a bunch of folders that I share with Ubuntu on another drive, I'll just call it driveA. I have configured the driveA to mount on auto startup...
View ArticleError mounting system-managed device /dev/sda5
How can I solve this problem?Error mounting system-managed device /dev/sda5: Command-line `mount "/media/naymar/skool"' exited with non-zero exit status 1:[mntent]: line 2 in /etc/fstab is badmount:...
View ArticleHow can I get a "TOSHIBA EXT" USB Drive to mount?
The trouble began when I was using Xfe File Manager to copy 2 GB of picture files to the "TOSHIBA EXT" USB disk on my Ubuntu 18.04. The copying processingslowed to a crawl after copying 1.8 GB. After...
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 ArticleMount a network-attached drive with xfs file system and username/password...
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, and I recently purchased a Buffalo LS210D27F network storage drive and attached it to my network. I can access the drive's dashboard through a web browser, but I do not...
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External harddisk detected but not mounting
I have a WD MyPassport that is NTFS formatted with only 1 partition, and works perfectly fine on Windows. It was working well with Ubuntu until a few days ago (points 3 and 4 explains what changes I...
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When in Linux boot process are filesystems mounted from /etc/fstab?
Question:When in Ubuntu Linux boot process are filesystems (from /etc/fstab) mounted?Rational:I defined the following shared-folders on my Ubuntu VirtualBox VM.openstack@ubuntu:~$ grep vboxsf...
View ArticleHow to force NTFS partition to always be mounted as root?
I have a system with Windows and Linux installed, and Windows is installed on a driver with an NTFS partition. I want to make sure that I don't accidentally write to this partition, so I want it always...
View ArticleWhy is my drive mounting inside itself?
I recently had an issue with my boot drive (which has an lv on it) having space taken up by files on my mounted mdadm RAID0. I used ncdu / to determine this.When I looks at blkid/mnt/md0 I saw that the...
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How to show mounted mdadm RAID0 in nautilus?
Under Ubuntu 20.04, I have created a RAID0 with 5 drives. It is mounted, I changed owner to myself so I can write into it, and when I reboot I can access it from the terminal. Yet, it does not show...
View ArticleCannot access hard drive even though it appears to be there
I am baffled. I have been using linux since the 90s and Ubuntu forever. I am not a computer technical expert but have built several computers and gone through several HDD crashes but not one like this....
View ArticleHow to install applications to a separate hdd?
I was so good with windows, now I’m feeling like a complete idiot.I have an SSD for ubuntu and want to install the majority of my programs to a separate HDD but I have no clue how.All searches I have...
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Can't change permissions on a network share smb/CIFS
I'm sure this is simple for someone but I have tried for the last 2 days every piece of information from googling and still no joy! So I would really appreciate some help. I'm newish to the world of...
View ArticleRookie questions about FSTAB and external drives
Server has two external HDs connected via USB (one is a USB-USB connection, the other is a USB-SATA connection if that matters). They are permanent mounts into their respective /mnt directories via an...
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