Automounting on FC5 ?

[Xavior]

I have two drives both linux ext3 , but I added the second drive after install.
partitioned and formated through linux Term,,,
for some reason it won't automount, but it will manually with, # mount /dev/sdb1 /home/drive2
I set the fstab file to: /dev/sdb1 /home/drive2 ext3 defaults 1 1
still won't work; the startup something about it being read-only...

any ideas appreciated,
Xav

[Seve]

Hello:
Do you have SElinux enabled?
It will block the mounting to your home directory.


Seve

[Xavior]

I was reading some articles that were saying SElinux was unintrusive and that most users wouldn't even notice it's active.
this hardly sounds like it's unintrusive....
should I turn that off ?
I thought it only effected file permissions, what does mounting have to do with it ?

Thanks,
Xav

[Seve]

Originally Posted by Xavior

I was reading some articles that were saying SElinux was unintrusive and that most users wouldn't even notice it's active.
this hardly sounds like it's unintrusive....
should I turn that off ?
I thought it only effected file permissions, what does mounting have to do with it ?

Thanks,
Xav

Hello:
If you set it to Permissive it will allow you to mount your drive in your home directory.
If you are just using your FC as an average desktop, having SElinux enabled is probably not neccessary

Seve

[Xavior]

I can't even get it to automount in /mnt/drive2...
I must be missing something....
any other ideas ?

Thanks! for you help!
Xav

[Seve]

Hello:
Assuming you did as root mkdir /mnt/drive2
then editing your fstab and adding
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/drive2 ext3 defaults 1 1
should work?
If it does not, then the only thing I can think of is to re-check the output of fdisk -l and make sure the drive denoted above is correct, or that it is not part of a LVM group?


Seve

[marko]

Hi,
When you say you're adding a drive and I see the
device is /dev/sdb1, is that an usb external that's
using the scsi interface as usb drives do and so it
shows as /dev/sdb1 or is this an internal/permanent scsi or
sata drive? I'm guessing you mean an internal one.

Mark

[Xavior]

Yes all changes have been made as root...
Yes it's a second sata internal drive...

What command(s) do I use to take over a drive, owner, group and folders & files ? just in case ...

Thanks guys,
Xav

[Xavior]

Is there a log where I can check the startup [OK]'s ?

[Xavior]

It says something about,
block device, write-protected, read-only

just some more details that might help....

Xav

[bitrain]

I have the same problem, updated fc5. But on a other pc with fc5 (not updated) it does work.
Using kde btw and selinux disabled.