Access to new hard disk drives [SOLVED]

[Earny]

I installed a new (2nd) hard disk. I divided it into two partitions (ntfs and fat32). The files on the existing fat32 partition on the old drive were moved to the new one. In linux I mounted the new partitions, but I cannot acces them anymore as user, but only as root. I tried to change the rights using konqueror as root, however it continues to say that I am not authorized to change read, write etc rights. As user I am not even able to see the files on these partitions. Everytime I want to edit a file in Linux which is located on the new hd, I have to log in as root.

Any idea how to change this?

[arctic]

you might need to change some entries in yout /etc/fstab file. we need to know what is written in there, so please post its contents.

[Earny]

This is the content of the fstabfile

 

/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0

/dev/sda1 /mnt/memory_card2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec,users 0 0

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c2 ntfs defaults 0 0

/dev/hdb5 /mnt/win_d vfat defaults 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

 

 

Thanks in advance

[arctic]

try the following for the vfat partitions

dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0

umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec,users 1 2

...

/dev/hdb5 /mnt/win_d vfat users,defaults 1 2

p.s.: what kind of harddrive have you added? a sata drive?

[Earny]

try the following for the vfat partitions

dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0

umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec,users 1 2

...

/dev/hdb5 /mnt/win_d vfat users,defaults 1 2

p.s.: what kind of harddrive have you added? a sata drive?

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Do I have to add the first to lines and replace "/dev/hdb5 /mnt/win_d vfat defaults 0 0" by the last line? (I check before I do stupid trhings)

 

By the way. My hard new drive is a straight forward 200gb western digital 7300 rpm.

I can read it as long as I'm root

 

Thanks in advance

[arctic]

do not add but replace/modify the above mentioned lines.

[Earny]

do not add but replace/modify the above mentioned lines.

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My question was not for nothing. I messed up and it was so desastrous that I couldn't even reboot anymore I finally decdied to go for a full reinstall. All problems are solved now (apart of the extra work to install specific applications and configurations).

 

The moral?

Thre is always a solution

Thanks anyway

[arctic]

even if you "really" mess up your system, you can always run an editor like vi from the console and edit your /etc/fstab manually until the machine work again (or maybe remove the entries temporarily).

[Earny]

even if you "really" mess up your system, you can always run an editor like vi from the console and edit your /etc/fstab manually until the machine work again (or maybe remove the entries temporarily).

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Right, but than you will have to boot first. I tried with Knoppix, but I coulnd't find a way to get editing rights for the fstab file.

[arctic]

well, you can boot into the failsafe mode in mandrake and do things from there or you can change those file with knoppix or other live-cds. what you need to do there is first, login as root (in knoppix, in a terminal simply type su) then you need mo mount the drives manually with read/write access and then you can edit the files you want to hack. i admit, this is very complex for a newbie but after getting comfortable with linux, it won't be such a big problem. and finally: there is always help online available (forums, chat,...)

:)