Mounting a Partition

[DevHead]

Still new to Linux (so be gentle):

I'm running FC3 now. When I was running FC2, I created a partition (/zcore) where I could store Linux apps, downloads, etc. FC2 recognized that partition, and I was able to access it just fine.

I upgraded to FC3 (via a clean install, not the normal "upgrade"). I know that the /zcore partition is still physically there--it wasn't deleted. However, FC3 doesn't seem to recognize this partition. That means, I can't get back to this partition to install some of the apps I have saved there.

What do I need to do so that I can access this partition? Would it be a mount or something that I need to do? If something isn't clear, let me know and I'll try to best answer it.

Please advise. TIA.

[imdeemvp]

1. Can you post you /sbin/fdisk -l so we can give you the line to mount it.
2. Also I am assuming this is a linux partition? If so follow this:

Depending on your fdisk -l, open terminal become root and type:
mkdir emptydir
mount /dev/hdax /mnt/emptydir

hdax (where x is the partition table number for /zcore), that is who I temporally mount my linux partitions to preserve them untouch...
to unmount it type:
umount /dev/hdax emptydir and done!

[jayemef]

First try opening a terminal and enter

hwbrowser

See if you can find your partition in there. If you do, great. You'll then need to make a directory to mount it to. For example, you could create the directory /mnt/zcore. Then use the command

mount -t ext3 /dev/hdxx /mnt/zcore

Replace the hdxx with the partition allocated for zcore. If this works, you can have it automount at startup by adding the line "/dev/hdxx /mnt/zcore ext3 defaults 1 1" to the end of your /etc/fstab. (Please note, I'm assuming the partition is formatted as ext3. If it's not, you'll have to replace those references with the correct file system).

In the case that you don't see the partition, you may need to remake it, but this shouldn't be the case. If the partition is there, linux should see it.

[DevHead]

1. The PC in question is at home, so I can't give you the outputs of the command [at the moment]
2. Yes, the partition is a Linux partition (ext3).

Will I have to type out the command every time whenever I want to use the partition? Or can I have it already mounted and ready for use each time I boot up into Linux (like it was doing when I ran FC2)? Maybe change/add something in the /etc/fstab file (my first thought)?

Ahh, I see that jayemef already beat me to the question about fstab.

[jayemef]

Originally Posted by jayemef

If this works, you can have it automount at startup by adding the line "/dev/hdxx /mnt/zcore ext3 defaults 1 1" to the end of your /etc/fstab.

Yup, you should be able to automount the partition with this. Once it's mounted, you will never need to mount it again.

[DevHead]

Update: The aforementioned suggestions work like a charm. Now I can see and access the /zcore partition just fine. Thank you!

Now let me go and see what else I need help with. =)

[imdeemvp]

Originally Posted by DevHead

Update: The aforementioned suggestions work like a charm. Now I can see and access the /zcore partition just fine. Thank you!

Now let me go and see what else I need help with. =)

Hey... if not broken...let's try not to fix it

[dniko]

I was experiencing some problems with a fat partition which I had generated in my hard disk during a new linux installation. As a first step I was mounting the partition manually entering as root (this was done by entering the command su) and invoking the command:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda5 /home/dimitrios (/home/dimitrios was the directory I had selected for mounting the fat partition and dev/sda5 was that partition)

In this manner, I had permissions to read but not to write or delete data from this partition (all the aforementioned permissions were assigned to root)

Later I invoked the command
mount -t vfat /dev/sda5 /home/dimitrios umask=0002

Now I have updated the /etc/fstab with the additional command

/dev/sda5 /home/dimitrios/documents vfat umask=000 0 0 (again /home/dimitrios is the directory I had selected for mounting the fat partition)

Now thw partition is mounted at booting, and any user has the ability to read and write on it.

[Nokia]

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