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HOWTO:mount all partitions at startup

Posted: February 15, 2009 in Ubuntu

HOWTO :mount all the partitions at startup in ubuntu
to do that open terminal as root and type:

cd /media

and to ensure all our patitions are available.. type:

sudo mkdir sda1 sda5 sda8 sda9 sda10 sda11 (I have 6 partitions. so 6 sda’s)

once you done that in the terminal press alt+f1 and type

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

It will open /etc/fstab file in Gedit.
Add this code at the end of file :

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/sda5 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda9 /media/sda9 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda10 /media/sda10 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda11 /media/sda11 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0

save the file and reboot.. thats all..

have fun…