11-10-2014, 06:08 PM
Thank you bobw.
I have never heard of crontab before so that is why I was so flummoxed. Have since googled it and not sure if I need/want to learn another interface whilst still have so much to understand in terms of Linux basics.
I did what you explained already. On re-reading what I had input I realised that there was no mount point entry (because the line above was for the swap file). So then I input media/ash/BIGHD and it worked, although the first time it didn't work because I put in BIG HD which is how it is labelled in partition manager and displays in File Manager. In fstab, though, nospacesallowedthat'showitthinksIguess.
Thanks.
Again, though, I think the manual should slightly improve that section by giving just 2-3 more examples of different fstab lines because the ones they give are just for /home which nearly all systems are going to have already, so good to see how to set up a partition on a different HD, which I suspect is often what people want to do first thing in order to access all their saved data files.
I have never heard of crontab before so that is why I was so flummoxed. Have since googled it and not sure if I need/want to learn another interface whilst still have so much to understand in terms of Linux basics.
I did what you explained already. On re-reading what I had input I realised that there was no mount point entry (because the line above was for the swap file). So then I input media/ash/BIGHD and it worked, although the first time it didn't work because I put in BIG HD which is how it is labelled in partition manager and displays in File Manager. In fstab, though, nospacesallowedthat'showitthinksIguess.
Thanks.
Again, though, I think the manual should slightly improve that section by giving just 2-3 more examples of different fstab lines because the ones they give are just for /home which nearly all systems are going to have already, so good to see how to set up a partition on a different HD, which I suspect is often what people want to do first thing in order to access all their saved data files.