[GLLUG] Mounting All Partitions!

STeve Andre' andres at msu.edu
Wed Jan 25 17:52:23 EST 2012


Do you have the logical equivalent of /etc/fstab, where all the partitons
are, that should be mounted?

--STeve Andre'

On 01/25/12 11:28, Chick Tower wrote:
> Which is exactly what I did, and it listed about a dozen real, mounted 
> partitions.  It's possible I did that after running PCManFM, but I 
> know I didn't click on all the visible partitions.  I know I ran df -h 
> and I ran PCManFM and saw a ton of partitions, and in PCManFM I 
> probably clicked on one to see if it was actually mounted, but I don't 
> remember if I ran them during the same login or in what order.  That 
> desktop PC is 500 miles away now.
>
> I'm just trying to narrow down my search for an answer.  If it's not 
> default Ubuntu behavior (Lucid Lynx), then I'll try the scanty Bodhi 
> forums.  It's not a big problem, as I don't plan to use Bodhi on my 
> desktop PC, and the laptop I have it installed on has but / and swap 
> partitions on it, and I do want them mounted every time.  It's mostly 
> just annoying, but I don't consider it safe or sane behavior.
>
> I'm beginning to think the programmers designing our new GUIs were 
> raised on Microsoft Bob and thought Clippy was ingenious.  And 
> yesterday I read that Canonical wants to do away with menus, relying 
> upon fuzzy logic to determine what your text or voice input reveals 
> about your intentions.
>
>
>                                Chick
>
> On 01/25/2012 09:04 AM, Karl Schuttler wrote:
>> You can do a df -h to see what is actually mounted (before clicking on
>> them in the file manager).
>>
>> On 1/25/12, Matt Harrison<matt.harrison82 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Is it actually mounting them, or are they just diplayed in the file
>>> manager and they auto-mount when you click on them?  I know that in
>>> Debian and Ubuntu with most DE's they will show you all mountable
>>> partitions even if they aren't in /etc/fstab and then the file manager
>>> mounts them when you click on them.
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