----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Random" <andy.random@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu Disks
>
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, Rob Malpass wrote:
>
>> For some reason, my Ubuntu box refuses to enable my 2nd ide hdd.   I can
>> mount it manually (Administration, Disks, Enable) - but this is a bit
>> irritating.   What's the winning formula to get it working automatically 
>> at
>> bootup?
>
> Can you let us know the contents of your /etc/fstab file?
>
>
>  Andy
>
Here goes - pasted from ssh client - hope decipherable:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
I've never been any good on understanding how devices are mounted.   The 
second disk is /dev/hdb.   Is it as simple as editing the fstab file 
appropriately?
Cheers
Rob