[SOLVED] How do I install an external USB-drive in antixcore+LXDE ?

[Member mikey777]

I’m running antixcore-64bit+LXDE on a laptop.

I have just formatted a 2TB Samsung USB-drive as msdos/ext4 (see 1st screenshot). When I attach it to the laptop, it mounts but I’m unable to transfer files into it, using the gui.

So I went to have a look in the /etc/fstab file:
sudo gedit /etc/fstab

… and got this output:

# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=5143a616-2a93-4f1a-aa28-9f1b268faa66 / ext4 defaults,relatime 0 1

However, when I go to:
sudo gedit /etc/uDev
… it seems that this file hasn’t been created before – am I looking at the correct uDev file ?

Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by mikey777.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by mikey777.

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▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

[Member fatmac]

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I think you need to add ‘users’ (along with ‘defaults’) to your /etc/fstab file, if memory serves right.

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[Member mikey777]

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@fatmac
many thanks for your reply about linking to users. In the end I didn’t need to use /etc/fstab at all – just mounting the drive and then changing ownership seemed to work fine.

Here is the fix that others might find useful:

1. Open terminal
2. Use gparted to give the drive a label (name) that you want the drive to have: I’ve called mine Samsung-2TB
3. Make a directory for the newly formatted USB-drive at the mount point /media as follows:
sudo mkdir -p /media/Samsung-2TB
3. Change ownership of /media/Samsung-2TB to the username (in this case the username is netbook) as follows:
sudo chown -R netbook /media/Samsung-2TB

That’s it – all done 🙂

• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by mikey777.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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