Mount 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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