[Karmic] Cannot change drive mount points

[Roland Hughes]

roland@logikaldesktop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
roland@logikaldesktop:~$

Once you select a mount point during installation, there is no longer any method of changing them. Changes to fstab are ignored, and tend to cause boot error messages. KDE Partitioner won't let you change it, neither will GParted.

During the initial installation I mistakenly chose the provided /dos mount point for my FreeDos partition. I now would like to change this to /drive_c so it matches my /drive_d FAT-32 extended partition in naming schema. Currently no method of doing this.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

The MountManager application should be able to do what you want.

[Roland Hughes (original-seasoned-geek)]

Jonathan,

I took the time today to install MountManager and try it. This product has some serious problems.

1) Wouldn't let me key in a new mount point. I had to manually create a /drive_c directory, then select that directory as a mount point.

2) Somehow it changed the settings on /drive_d to not automatically mount. I now have to manually click on it and provide the root password.

3) It left the /dos directory sitting out there and useless.

4) drive_d can only be accessed once now. A second, or additional invocation of Dolphin shows an empty screen.

5) trying to fix the problem with /drive_d created /media/DRIVE_D as well, both pointing to the same place.

I'm completely petrified to nuke the /dos directory because I cannot be certain that still isn't the real mount point.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello seasoned_geek

Is this issue present with the latest updated lucid's packages?
Thanks
Fabio

[Roland Hughes (original-seasoned-geek)]

The mount points aren't even visible in 10.04 LTS. They appear as drive icons
using the volume/partition labels, you can't change anything.

On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:14:26 pm you wrote:
> Hello seasoned_geek
>
> Is this issue present with the latest updated lucid's packages?
> Thanks
> Fabio

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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Sorry #5 non valid (paste error)

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello seasoned_geek

Are you meaning that during a graphical installation of ubuntu there's no way to came back ?
Or this was a problem relating to this 'alpha' ?

Fabio

[Roland Hughes (original-seasoned-geek)]

In the previous release, in Dolphin, when you went to root you so actual mount
points in the window for DOS and DRIVE_D. The point labeled DOS was actually
the freeDOS partition on that drive. I was trying to change it to DRIVE_C so
it would match the other entry.

Under 10.04 you do not see these mount points in the root window. See
attached image for how they appear now.

On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 02:12:20 pm you wrote:
> Hello seasoned_geek
>
> Are you meaning that during a graphical installation of ubuntu there's no
> way to came back ? Or this was a problem relating to this 'alpha' ?
>
> Fabio

--
Roland Hughes, President
Logikal Solutions
(630)-205-1593
http://www.logikalsolutions.com
http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com
http://www.infiniteexposure.net

No U.S. soldiers have been deployed to defend our ethanol reserves.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Roland Hughes (original-seasoned-geek)]

I provided all information that was requested at the time. I received a big
shrug in response.

Under AMD 64-bit 10.04 the problem has been "masked" because now all non-Linux
partitions show up in Dolphin as drive icons using the partition label for a
name.

On Saturday, September 11, 2010 11:26:04 am you wrote:
> We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't
> heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested
> information? Thanks!

--
Roland Hughes, President
Logikal Solutions
(630)-205-1593
http://www.logikalsolutions.com
http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com
http://www.infiniteexposure.net

No U.S. soldiers have been deployed to defend our ethanol reserves.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
I'm not a geek, i've asked from left to right for this issue and much persons said that MountManager can do this.
Can you try again ?
Fabio

[Roland Hughes (original-seasoned-geek)]

Well, I can tell you that in 10.04 KUbuntu there is no way in God's green
earth for MountManager to do this. See attached image.

See the column along the left hand side. See the bottom where you see icons
for drive_d and FreeDos. Those are the actual partition labels.

In 9.10 you did not get icons along the left, but were given actual entries
under Root. See image 2 to see what appears under root now...nothing.

I don't wish to sound snitty, but please quick hurling stuff against the wall
and hoping for something to stick. If you want to fix the problem in 9.10 then
fix it, otherwise, the drive mapping has so completely changed in 10.04 LTS
that the only way to change the "mount point" is to change the partition label
and reboot.

On Saturday, September 11, 2010 01:55:24 pm you wrote:
> Hello
> I'm not a geek, i've asked from left to right for this issue and much
> persons said that MountManager can do this. Can you try again ?
> Fabio

--
Roland Hughes, President
Logikal Solutions
(630)-205-1593
http://www.logikalsolutions.com
http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com
http://www.infiniteexposure.net

No U.S. soldiers have been deployed to defend our ethanol reserves.