fstab

I think I hosed up my fstab file. My expansion card no longer is recognized. It looks like this

/dev/sda1 / ext2 rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /mnt/home aufs rw,si=d6c23880,xino=/home/user/.aufs.xino,create=mfs,dirs=/home/user=rw 0 0
/dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/disk-2 vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,utf8,shortname=winnt,uid=500 0 0

Help!

 

I get this error when I add an SD card to either slot.

[mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab
mount: only root can mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /media/disk-2.

 

Anyone?

 

I've reproduced your mount problem and the steps to achieve access.
Open a terminal and run the following commands.
su [enter]
df [enter]
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/disk-2 [enter]
df [enter]
ls -l /media/disk-2 [enter]

Inspect the file access rights in the report from the ls. You should have rwxrwxrwx
If you still do not have access inspect the card with a disk partitioner such as gparted. Look for the format, integrity and specified mount point.

 

Thanks You!
I tried that and it will not mount. If I boot to an Ubuntu flash drive it sees the card. Hmmm.
I hate not having my expansion card working!

 

Did gparted see the unmounted drive? if so click on partition information and it may advise on missing software tools like mtools or dosfstools. In which case you may be best doing a software re-install/repair.

 

gparted will see the drive but can not mount it.

 

Ok here is a dumb question, how do I use the recovery dvd on the AAO ? I have the fies on a usb drive. Do I need to burn a DVD image to the USB drive and try to boot from it? Or is there an executable in the files I can launch and it will re install? Thanks a lot for your help!

 

I'm still waiting for my DVD to be sent so can't really answer - except most recovery disks are bootable and have a menu with repair, recover, install options. None make changes to a system without user confirmation. Look for a file with a .iso extension and use burn image, not copy file, to create the disk.

Did you run gparted as user or root?
Is there a difference between the left and right hand slots. My right hand multi-card slot autoboots cards and names them with their unique disk label, whilst my left simply mounts them as /media/disk-2.

Also have you enabled the user mountable checkbox in the partitioner screen?

 

Will try again. I ran it as user.

 

Ran as root. I could format the card but couldn't mount it.