Cannot change fstab

[Member angeldeluz]

I need to change a fstab entry for get a ntfs partition automounted.
I changed the option noauto to auto. But when I reboot the change is overwritten back by the system.
Is that normal?
How can I made permanent changes to fstab?

System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.212-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: IceWM 1.6.5
Distro: antiX-19.2.1_x64-base Hannie Schaft 29 March 2020
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: BIOSTAR model: TA75M+ serial: <root required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.4 date: 09/13/2011
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: AMD A4-3300 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 1024 KiB
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Sumo [Radeon HD 6410D] driver: radeon v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920×1080~60Hz
OpenGL:
renderer: AMD SUMO2 (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.9.212-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 7.0.1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6
Audio:
Device-1: AMD BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G
series]
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.212-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:30:67:d0:1f:00
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 38.30 GiB (17.1%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS240G2G0A-00JH30
size: 223.57 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 2.65 GiB used: 2.6 MiB (0.1%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.93 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 19.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 23 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 150 Uptime: 45m Memory: 3.35 GiB used: 921.9 MiB (26.9%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.36

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Are you running live?

If so, this might help

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/question-how-to-run-executable-file-from-a-usb-drive/

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

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[Member sybok]

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Hi,

in case you have an installed antiX system, permanent change in ‘/etc/fstab’ can be done by starting your text editor of preference using elevated priviliges.
The elevated priviliges is required because the file ‘/etc/fstab’ is owned by the user ‘root’.

1) Apply only if the NTFS partition not present in ‘/etc/fstab/’:
Determine the UUID of your NTFS partition, e.g. [execute in terminal]
blkid
which lists all partitions.
Then create a mount-point (directory) provided it does not exist yet.
2) Back-up (1st line) and edit the NTFS partition (2nd line) [execute in terminal]:

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab-backup
sudo <text-editor> /etc/fstab

<text-editor> can be e.g. nano, vim and others.
3) Re-mount:
Unmount and mount, in some cases
sudo mount --all
may be sufficient to do that task.

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by sybok.
• This reply was modified 2 years ago by sybok. Reason: fix the cp command with sudo

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