fstab addition

[Betwixt]

I keep all my data on a separate partition which is mounted in Home. I do this by adding a line to the fstab file as advised on this forum nearly two years ago. This has allowed me to have several multi-booted installations all accessing the same data. With each 6-monthly Mint update I have had no difficulties repeating this until now.

However, I have undertaken four installations of LM10-64 (three different computers) of which only one allowed me to add the line of text to fstab. On the other three the fstab file does not respond to changes, it will not permit operation of the Enter key, or pasting in text or typing in text.

Could someone please clarify why this might be occurring and give me a solution?

Terry

[mads]

Hi.
What command do you use to edit /etc/fstab?

[Betwixt]

Thank you for your prompt response and sorry for my delay but problem now gone.

At one time, over several installations of different variants, to open fstab I was successfully using:
gksu gedit /etc/fstab/

This time, using this instruction to open an editable file I was repatedly getting a window titled 'fstab (/home/terry/etc) - gedit' with a single tab on it called fstab but no text at all, just blank. It was clearly not the fstab file itself. After reading your question I tried again just to check and, inexplicably, it worked as it should have. I cannot explain or understand it.

I have since realised that I could navigate direct to the fstab file and open it as administrator to achieve the same result.

Terry

[mads]

... I was repeatedly getting a window titled 'fstab (/home/terry/etc) ...

Oh, thanks God that I wrote "/etc/fstab" and not "fstab". It saved us both a totally unnecessary series of posts.

[sgosnell]

Here is your problem. "/home/terry/etc" is not where fstab resides. You probably were trying to open "etc/fstab" from your home folder. You have to include the initial slash, '/', to specify the fully qualified path.