Disk Utility should provide an option to automount partition after every reboot

Bug #568820 reported by celil
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GNOME Disks
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Baltix
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gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
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Wishlist
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Declined for Maverick by Sebastien Bacher

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-disk-utility

I am currently running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Macbook pro, and I have a couple of HFS+ (Unjournaled) partitions that I want to be able to access from within Ubuntu.

However, every time I restart, I need to mount the HFS+ partitions manually by clicking on the disk name in Places. I would like to automate that process, so that the disk is automatically mounted on each reboot.

I know one way of doing that is by modifying the /etc/fstab file, but it would be nice if Disk Utility provided an option to automount each partition after a reboot.

Wouldn't it be better if the default was for internal partitions to be actually mounted. I currently have soft links on my Desktop that point to directories inside the unmounted parition, and those appear as broken until I actually mount the partition. If those partitions were automounted, this would not be the case.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.30.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 22 22:16:05 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/palimpsest
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1619): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-display-properties:1733): Gtk-WARNING **: Ignoring the separator setting
 (gnome-display-properties:1733): Gtk-WARNING **: No object called:
 (gnome-terminal:2045): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed

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celil (celil) wrote :
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onny (onny) wrote :

Or the preference-dialog of a mounted drive should provide an "Mount this drive on startup"-option!

Changed in gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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