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My drive won't mount in Ubuntu Linux?
I'm new to the operating system and I'm having a problem getting a second partition (fat32) to mount. The partition was, at first, only mounting as a removable disk. After adding some files to it and rebooting the system, the drive will no longer mount. I keep getting the error message "Unable to mount the volume 'STORAGE'.....mount_point cannot contain the following characters: newline, G_DIR_SEPARATOR". Any experts out there who can provide me some advice? Thanks for any help.
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
it sounds to me like your fstab has a lousy entry in it.
go to applications > accessories > terminal
run the command: sudo gedit /etc/fstab
so that you can see the contents of your fstab and edit it as necessary.
my fstab mounts a FAT32 partition with the following entry;
/dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
/dev/hdb1 is the device name
/media/hdb1 is the mount point
vfat is the filesystem type
you will do well to read up on the sources i have listed for a more thorough explanation on fstab and information to help you get yours working properly. i cant know why it isnt working since i cant see its contents.
Source(s): http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=283131 - Anonymous4 years ago
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