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[Resolved] Debian 12: trying to auto-mount a NTFS-formatted hard drive by making an entry in fstab. Getting the error "mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 18 -- ignored" (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by mmababes@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Here's the entry in the fstab file for mounting my hard drive. I have bolded the name of the hard drive (that's what it shows up as on the dock when it isn't mounted):

UUID=D4C0A66EC0A65710 /media/lucky/New Volume ntfs rw,auto,users,exec,nls=utf8,umask=003,gid=46,uid=1000    0   0

After making that entry in fstab, I execute the, systemctl daemon-reload, command, and then mount -a, afterwards which gives me this error.

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[–] RatsOffToYa@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Is it literally named new volume? If so perhaps the space is throwing things off. Try quoting the whole path perhaps?

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

And dump the asterisks if that is the actual entry.

[–] mmababes@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The asterisks are not in fstab file. I just added them here to emphasize the name of the hdd.

[–] mmababes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yup, that's the name.

I changed the entry on fstab to this (tried it with both single quotes and double quotes) and I'm stilling getting the parse error:

UUID=D4C0A66EC0A65710 "/media/lucky/New Volume" ntfs rw,auto,users,exec,nls=utf8,umask=003,gid=46,uid=1000 0 0

Btw I'm using the ntfs-3g driver, if that helps.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

sometimes there are those times when you've been at it for 6-8 hours straight with no break, and you keep staring at that one line in your config, trying so hard to see this mistake. is it a comma out of place? did i missplell something? no? and you're staring at it so long that you just don't see the glaringly obvious:

***New Volume***

it's that one remnant that you probably copy/pasted from a tutorial page and you're too brain-fried to consider that it's a part of the line you should have changed, so you're not looking at it, but there it is. but, hey, that's why forums like this exist: to get a fresh pair of eyes on the problem.

we've all been there.

[–] mmababes@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

There were no asterisks in the fstab file, I just placed them here to emphasize the name of the hdd.

Btw I got Debian to automount the hdd (thanks to @shortdorkyasian) by adding this entry to the fstab file:

UUID=D4C0A66EC0A65710 /media/lucky/New\040Volume/ ntfs rw,auto,users,exec,nls=utf8,umask=003,gid=46,uid=1000 0 0

Using \040 instead of a space or quotes (single or double) made it work.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

lmao, ok i see.

in any case, i'm very glad that you got your drive mounted!