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I have a external harddrive on USB.
if I go to "computer" the icon is there.
If I try to alter the permissions , it says I cant as the "owner" is root.
If I try to create a folder on that drive I get the same message
Now I know this must be simple but I cant figure it out.
I'm using daryna gnome.
could you please explain simply ?

Hello pennylurcher,

you can try this:

open a terminal and type: you will be prompted for your password,
then nautilus will open in root mode.
<always be careful when you have root permissions>
navigate to your usb drive.
you should then be able to set permissions.
if you still can't you may have to edit your fstab.


cheers,

Deadguy

Take a look at this post - string. http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... 192#p70845

Nothing that I plug in to my USB hub (Hard Drive or PenDrive or Smartcard ) will allow me to use it.
so here is my fstab if it helps.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda1
UUID=e6e1d49e-e6ab-48df-a227-12cd529d6108 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hda5
UUID=bcc15cd5-c5ad-4fff-bfc6-b1797837bffb none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

PennyLurcher

Try pmount: Folder is located in /media/
This has to be done each time you want to mount it, if you want to automatically mount it on boot you have to edit fstab.

And there is the problem I dont know how to edit fstab or what to put there !
and my family is pleading with me to reinstall Vista as they cant use their pendrives .
Dont want to install Vista ,help!!!!!

Ok, plug in the pen drive and post the output of:

I plugged in one of the pendrives and this is what I got when I did sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3f56a670

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 9327 74919096 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 9328 9729 3229065 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 9328 9729 3229033+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sda: 262 MB, 262012928 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 999 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4ac27a59

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 999 255727+ 83 Linux
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(997, 15, 32) logical=(998, 15, 31)