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    Automount not working in Ubuntu Linux 12.04

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by JOSEA, Jun 25, 2012.

  1. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    When I cold boot and check the Swap Part is not available according to system monitor.
    And I do not see my windows partition either in Nautilus. Also If I plug various know good flash drives in they do not auto mount but the lights on them flash. here is a screen shot of a workaroud I found that allows me to mount and use Fat32 drives. Does anyone know if a tool or easy fix to get automounting to work as it should for all partitions?
    A clean install fixes it but after doing all updates the issue happens again.
    Thanks, Josea
     
    JOSEA, Jun 25, 2012
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    talin Notebook Prophet

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    I have to use the terminal to mount read-only ntfs partitions (have had to since 10.04), so, I feel your pain.
    Once a workaround was posted (using sudo mount ....), the devs marked the bug as "fixed" and never touched it. :rolleyes: It might just be something you'll have to tolerate, as I have. :(
     
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    UPDate, I was told the following
    Try booting from a livecd, open a terminal and login as root. Use the command "blkid" to get the UUIDs of the partitions on your drive, mount the boot partition and edit grub with the correct UUIDs .: You may have to edit the file fstab with the proper UUIDs also.
    When I issue Blkid I see 3 partitons
    Here is Fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
    #
    # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
    # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
    # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
    #
    # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
    proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
    # / was on /dev/sda6 during installation
    UUID=b4c5a911-f619-4158-8168-aae1d6fbf7c9 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
    # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
    UUID=94a883c8-7da3-40e6-9342-61e29dc52e12 none swap sw 0 0

    PS I did look at grub with grub customizer and /dev/sda2 is there, I see all the expected boot options in the proper order.
     
    JOSEA, Jun 26, 2012
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