[NCLUG] Ubunto 8.04 - autoinstall of XP partitions

[William Greger]

Darrin,

  Sorry for not getting back to you earlier, but I have been out of the area.
Thank you for your suggestion.  Yes, I have used the Nautilus window which shows all the drives, including the XP partitions.  Within GUI, I am able to select each drive and choose  mount; the drive icon for each partition then appears on the desktop.  When I go to  command line, I am not able to find the  mounted  XP partitions.  Perhaps I am not looking in the proper directory.
Using the above  mount  approach, will the partitions remain permanently mounted, even after I logout?  Or will I have to repeat the procedure each time I log in?

Bill Greger

> From: Darrin.Goodman at ColoState.EDU
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:16:15 -0600
> Subject: RE: [NCLUG] Ubunto 8.04 - autoinstall of XP partitions
> 
> >   I now have a dual-boot system - Ubuntu, XP Pro.  I need to
> >   automount the XP partitions so that they are mounted when I logon
> >   to Ubuntu. I am able to use the CLI and type the  mount  command.
> >   This will mount the drives for the active session; but this is
> >   lost when I logoff.
> 
> The new version of Nautilus, which is the default file manager that is packaged with Ubuntu 8.04, has a feature built into it that will allow you to easily mount your drive.  I do not have any experience with using this feature with a partitioned drive, but I do use it with mounting a secondary SATA drive.  When I open Nautilus, I can see my secondary drive listed on the left side.  If I have not clicked on the drive name, then the drive is not mounted, but once I click on the drive name, the drive mounts, and all is good.  I have not seen this functionality in any previous version of Nautilus.
> 
> Does this feature not work the same way for you with your other drive partitions?
> 
> - Darrin
> 
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