"S to skip mount, M to manual..." on P6 start, help

[gychang]

When I boot into P6, I always get warning on first screen, usually I enter S and seems to proceed.  I  am trying to mount NTFS partition (Data) but does not automount and can not access from Nemo.
here is my /etc/fstab:
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdc6 during installation
UUID=7603b1e3-26e7-4706-984f-614119736c81 /               ext4    noatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sdc2 during installation
UUID=8A7D-5288  /boot/efi       vfat    defaults        0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=9ac3e962-d444-4c5b-a29e-b33c8778a815 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/0C3F9CB82E076DC7 /mnt/0C3F9CB82E076DC7 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0

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thanks in advance

[AndyInMokum]

Hi gychang, can you please provide some more information?  Please run the following commands in a terminal window and post the outputs back to the forum:

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sudo fdisk -l 

followed by:

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sudo blkid

Please remember to encapsulate the outputs with the # Insert Code function.  This preserves the original output.  This function is found above the,  Embarrassed emoticon in the forum editor - many thanks  .

[gychang]

Hi gychang, can you please provide some more information?  Please run the following commands in a terminal window and post the outputs back to the forum:

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sudo fdisk -l 

followed by:

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sudo blkid

Please remember to encapsulate the outputs with the # Insert Code function.  This preserves the original output.  This function is found above the,  Embarrassed emoticon in the forum editor - many thanks  .

I ended up reinstalling the P6, now working fine.  thanks,

[PCNetSpec]

Well that was a bit drastic, all for a single malformed line in fstab .. but whatever works for you

[gychang]

Hi gychang, can you please provide some more information?  Please run the following commands in a terminal window and post the outputs back to the forum:

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sudo fdisk -l 

followed by:

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sudo blkid

Please remember to encapsulate the outputs with the # Insert Code function.  This preserves the original output.  This function is found above the,  Embarrassed emoticon in the forum editor - many thanks  .

reinstalled P6, worked for one day and now the same problem.

fdisk -l

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apa@main ~ $ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for apa: 

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe9c64868

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1  1953525167   976762583+  ee  GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1   234441647   117220823+  ee  GPT

sudo blkid

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apa@main ~ $ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Data" UUID="58DE2D0079E8B3D3" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="723E7C403E7BFB83" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb2: UUID="8A7D-5288" TYPE="vfat" 
/dev/sdb4: UUID="D204B7B004B79647" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb5: UUID="E47C2A917C2A5F14" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb6: UUID="9ac3e962-d444-4c5b-a29e-b33c8778a815" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sdb7: UUID="c5d87df0-f1bb-467b-bbd7-0e7a5bbcc780" TYPE="ext4" 

/dev/sda1 is not automounting...

how to fix this?

[PCNetSpec]

Backup fstab:

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sudo cp -v /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak

now create a mountpoint:

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sudo mkdir -p /media/Data

make sure you have ntfs-3g installed:

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sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

now open fstab for editing:

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sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and add the 2 NEW lines at the bottom:

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## Mount Data partition (/dev/sda1) manually added by gychang
UUID=58DE2D0079E8B3D3  /media/Data  ntfs-3g  defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8  0 0

SAVE the file and exit gedit

run:

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sudo mount -a

and if there were no errors .. reboot to test


NOTE - whilst in fstab, remove any line you previously added to automount dsa1

[gychang]

Backup fstab:

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sudo cp -v /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak

now create a mountpoint:

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sudo mkdir -p /media/Data

make sure you have ntfs-3g installed:

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sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

now open fstab for editing:

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sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and add the 2 NEW lines at the bottom:

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## Mount Data partition (/dev/sda1) manually added by gychang
UUID=58DE2D0079E8B3D3  /media/Data  ntfs-3g  defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8  0 0

SAVE the file and exit gedit

run:

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sudo mount -a

and if there were no errors .. reboot to test


NOTE - whilst in fstab, remove any line you previously added to automount dsa1

I am still getting errors when I enter sudo mount -a

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apa@main ~ $ sudo mount -a
[sudo] password for apa: 
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Operation not permitted
The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown
Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume
read-only with the 'ro' mount option.
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Operation not permitted
The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown
Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume
read-only with the 'ro' mount option.

[AndyInMokum]

Hi gychang, What's the content of your fstab file?  Run the following command and post the output back to the forum:

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gedit /etc/fstab

[PCNetSpec]

reboot into Windows and run:

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chkdsk /f

to fix the Windows filesystem errors

[gychang]

reboot into Windows and run:

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chkdsk /f

to fix the Windows filesystem errors

am dual booting, on my windows 10, I did chkdsk D: /f /r /x and now it does load sda (NTFS) disk, and all works, BUT I still get the "S to skip mount..." and have to enter S and proceed to booting into P6.  Can it that my sda and sdb is reversed on my PC (have OS-win 10, P6 on mSATA - sdb, and my Data HD-NTFS is on sda) or can it be grub-customizer?

thanks for all the help so far...

[PCNetSpec]

Give us the contents of:

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gedit /etc/fstab

and the output from:

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sudo fdisk -l

and

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sudo blkid

[gychang]

Give us the contents of:

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gedit /etc/fstab

and the output from:

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sudo fdisk -l

and

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sudo blkid

fstab:

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=c5d87df0-f1bb-467b-bbd7-0e7a5bbcc780 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=8A7D-5288  /boot/efi       vfat    defaults        0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=9ac3e962-d444-4c5b-a29e-b33c8778a815 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/58DE2D0079E8B3D3 /mnt/58DE2D0079E8B3D3 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
## Mount Data partition (/dev/sda1) manually added by gychang
UUID=58DE2D0079E8B3D3  /media/Data  ntfs-3g  defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8  0 0

blkid

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apa@main ~ $ sudo blkid
[sudo] password for apa: 
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Data" UUID="58DE2D0079E8B3D3" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="723E7C403E7BFB83" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb2: UUID="8A7D-5288" TYPE="vfat" 
/dev/sdb4: UUID="D204B7B004B79647" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb5: UUID="E47C2A917C2A5F14" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sdb6: UUID="9ac3e962-d444-4c5b-a29e-b33c8778a815" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sdb7: UUID="c5d87df0-f1bb-467b-bbd7-0e7a5bbcc780" TYPE="ext4" 

fdisk -l

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apa@main ~ $ sudo fdisk -l

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe9c64868

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1  1953525167   976762583+  ee  GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1   234441647   117220823+  ee  GPT

thanks,

[PCNetSpec]

run:

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sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and make it read:

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=c5d87df0-f1bb-467b-bbd7-0e7a5bbcc780 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=8A7D-5288  /boot/efi       vfat    defaults        0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=9ac3e962-d444-4c5b-a29e-b33c8778a815 none            swap    sw              0       0
## Mount Data partition (/dev/sda1) manually added by gychang
UUID=58DE2D0079E8B3D3  /media/Data  ntfs-3g  defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8  0 0

SAVE the file .. reboot to test.

[gychang]

works!, thanks.

what was wrong?, fstab am sure has to do with NTFS HD not properly being mounted.

run:

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sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and make it read:

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=c5d87df0-f1bb-467b-bbd7-0e7a5bbcc780 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=8A7D-5288  /boot/efi       vfat    defaults        0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=9ac3e962-d444-4c5b-a29e-b33c8778a815 none            swap    sw              0       0
## Mount Data partition (/dev/sda1) manually added by gychang
UUID=58DE2D0079E8B3D3  /media/Data  ntfs-3g  defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8  0 0

SAVE the file .. reboot to test.

[gychang]

When I boot into P6, I always get warning on first screen, usually I enter S and seems to proceed.  I  am trying to mount NTFS partition (Data) but does not automount and can not access from Nemo.
here is my /etc/fstab:
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdc6 during installation
UUID=7603b1e3-26e7-4706-984f-614119736c81 /               ext4    noatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sdc2 during installation
UUID=8A7D-5288  /boot/efi       vfat    defaults        0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=9ac3e962-d444-4c5b-a29e-b33c8778a815 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/0C3F9CB82E076DC7 /mnt/0C3F9CB82E076DC7 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0

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thanks in advance