Media partition
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Media partition
Hi , when I installed mint , I made 3 partitions - home , root , media ( and swap ) , the problem is system monitor doesn't recognize the media partition (sda9) , and I can access the media partition only thorough the root folder , any idea how to fix it?
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Re: Media partition
The problem, I think, is that "/media" is a default folder in the root directory. So if you specified /dev/sda9 to be used as "media" then it is being mounted there. This folder is typically used for "mounted (loaded) removable media such as CDs, digital cameras, etc...". If I understand you correctly, you wish to have a separate media folder for your personal things?
Can you please post the output of this in terminal:
Can you please post the output of this in terminal:
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cat /etc/fstab
Re: Media partition
tnx for the fast replay ,
you understand correctly , I saw in mint installation manual to make a partition for media so I did it
fstab -
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda8 during installation
UUID=a18d6fde-eb1f-4bb1-88bb-6299d48400d5 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=aec9ff5f-7796-43d3-8c2e-c6b129fa61d1 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# /root/media was on /dev/sda9 during installation
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /root/media ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=3bb10aea-6d47-4eef-82fb-bba4078933cb none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
you understand correctly , I saw in mint installation manual to make a partition for media so I did it
fstab -
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda8 during installation
UUID=a18d6fde-eb1f-4bb1-88bb-6299d48400d5 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=aec9ff5f-7796-43d3-8c2e-c6b129fa61d1 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# /root/media was on /dev/sda9 during installation
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /root/media ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=3bb10aea-6d47-4eef-82fb-bba4078933cb none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
Re: Media partition
I think the easiest thing to do is to move the mount location from the root directory, to your home folder.
In the following example, username in /home/username refers to your actual login/username
For instance if you create the folder ~/media, which is the same thing as creating /home/username/media, you can mount /dev/sda9 there by changing fstab
Changing
# /root/media was on /dev/sda9 during installation
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /root/media ext4 defaults 0 2
To something like:
# /home/username/media from /dev/sda9
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /home/username/media ext4 defaults 0 2
In the following example, username in /home/username refers to your actual login/username
For instance if you create the folder ~/media, which is the same thing as creating /home/username/media, you can mount /dev/sda9 there by changing fstab
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gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
# /root/media was on /dev/sda9 during installation
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /root/media ext4 defaults 0 2
To something like:
# /home/username/media from /dev/sda9
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /home/username/media ext4 defaults 0 2
Re: Media partition
ok, I made the changes , reset , but I don't see any media folder on my home\username folder
the current fstab is
# /home/s/media from /dev/sda9
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /home/s/media ext4 defaults 0 2
the current fstab is
# /home/s/media from /dev/sda9
UUID=3fe929d0-ecd2-4847-9eeb-4887dc33719c /home/s/media ext4 defaults 0 2
Re: Media partition
Remember that the folder "media" actually has to exist, you must create it in your home folder.
To avoid restarting, you can type to effect the changes in fstab without a reboot
To avoid restarting, you can type
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sudo mount -a
Re: Media partition
ok , problem solved , thank you very much , but why do I have 1.2 GB used space in this empty folder , I have only lost+found folder inside , and it's size is 16kb ?
Re: Media partition
Perhaps you are seeing the used space of /home as a total, and not /home/s/media.
Re: Media partition
I mount data partitions like this - - lets say your data partition is sda9
First I make my UserName a member of the group ' users ' (system>Users&groups)
Terminal
cd /media
sudo mkdir sda9
(this creates a mount directory for the data partition)
ls -l
This shows how permissions are set for folders in /media , look for sda9
sudo chgrp users sda9
sudo chmod g+rwx sda9
(this gives permissions for a member of the grouup 'users' to read write and execute files which will be mounted to /media/sda9 )
cd /etc
sudo nano fstab
Here you can edit the fstab file using the Nano text editor.
add
/dev/sda9 /media/sda9 ext3 (or ext4) user.exec 0 0
write and save the edited ffstab file.
Now re-boot and sda9 should be automatically mounted and read and writeable to UserName.
First I make my UserName a member of the group ' users ' (system>Users&groups)
Terminal
cd /media
sudo mkdir sda9
(this creates a mount directory for the data partition)
ls -l
This shows how permissions are set for folders in /media , look for sda9
sudo chgrp users sda9
sudo chmod g+rwx sda9
(this gives permissions for a member of the grouup 'users' to read write and execute files which will be mounted to /media/sda9 )
cd /etc
sudo nano fstab
Here you can edit the fstab file using the Nano text editor.
add
/dev/sda9 /media/sda9 ext3 (or ext4) user.exec 0 0
write and save the edited ffstab file.
Now re-boot and sda9 should be automatically mounted and read and writeable to UserName.