On Sunday 20 March 2011 03:31:10 am HHa wrote: > Hi, > the mounting is not done automatically after inserting/plugging in a > Medium. My /etc/fstab looks like this: > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # Use 'vol_id --uuid' 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 defaults 0 0 > # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation > UUID=39dce7bc-28c6-4d48-a3e1-b2d48712856e / ext3 > errors=remount-ro 0 1 > # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation > UUID=f5355ad1-6de9-497b-a8d4-e2abe7336d4d none swap > sw 0 0 > /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 > #/dev/sda10 /windows/F vfat rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/sda10 /windows/F vfat > utf8,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=46,auto,rw,nouser 0 1 > #/dev/sda9 /windows/E vfat rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/sda9 /windows/E vfat > utf8,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=46,auto,rw,nouser 0 1 > #/dev/sda5 /windows/D vfat rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/sda5 /windows/D vfat > utf8,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=46,auto,rw,nouser 0 1 > /dev/sda6 /home ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /windows/C ntfs rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/sda2 / ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/sda3 /kubuntu ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/sda7 /kubuntu/home ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 It might help to use 'UUID' for all your media/partitions. UUID will ensure the same media gets mapped to the same mount points. The command 'blkid' as root in a terminal will give you the UUID to use in your fstab. It looks like you have 10 partitions on one hard drive and you mount them all at boot ? Looks messy to me :-) -- Peace, Greg