@unni your edit worked. thank you. @shyam got errors. said that im unprivileged to mount ntfs partition in fuse. root has the privileges. didint work though. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Unni <kpnunni@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > just add the lines to /etc/fstab > > for eg: > if you needed to mount a vfat partition, say, sda1 then you add: > > /dev/sda1 /media/mount_point vfat defaults 0 0 > > Note: if your partitions are ntfs then you need special drivers: install > ntfs-3g and ntfsprogs > then you add the line > > /dev/sda5 /media/ddrive ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 > > you should be good to go > > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Sajjad Anwar <sajjadkm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> okay. i somehow managed to retrieve the old settings by mounting it >> manually and reverting the change i had made. >> >> But my ultimate need was to mount that partition during startup >> automatically. any hit? >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Sajjad Anwar <sajjadkm@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> >>> Hello all. >>> >>> Im running Ubuntu 9.04. Every partition gets mounted only when we >>> manually mount them when ever required. But I wanted one to be mounted at >>> the start up. Right clicked the partition and changed the mount options. I >>> am sure i got some errors there. then im not able to mount the partition, >>> that is obvious. Not even able to restore the change i had done. >>> >>> Now, i opened fstab and entered the following >>> /dev/sdb1 /media/Everything fuseblk >>> rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=1000,uid=1000,owner,auto,allow_other,blksize=4096 >>> 0 0 >>> this is done with regard to other partions properties. But it says " you >>> are not previlleged to mount". But i tried everything (user_id=0, >>> group_id=0, ..) everything. But the problem persists. >>> >>> Please help me out. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> -- >>> Sajjad Anwar >>> http://geohackers.in >>> http://fsugcalicut.org >>> geohackers.in@xxxxxxxxx >>> +91 9995 19 13 12 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sajjad Anwar >> http://geohackers.in >> http://fsugcalicut.org >> geohackers.in@xxxxxxxxx >> +91 9995 19 13 12 >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > Unni > > (http://unni.chipmonks.co.in) > > -- Sajjad Anwar http://geohackers.in http://fsugcalicut.org geohackers.in@xxxxxxxxx +91 9995 19 13 12