Idea
#10187: GUI for editing /etc/fstab
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Written by shakov the 22 Jun 08 at 22:12.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
After installing the system there is no easy way how the user can manage the disk partitions and the mount directories. Partition editing is included in the LiveCD but not in the base installation?! It must be fixed.
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Tree MendUs wrote on the 23 Jun 08 at 03:44
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These exist already.
I have used at least two different ones.
It's a bit dangerous in some situations to have this level of control available from the menu or desktop.
So it would be handy to have the program available from the menu so it can be viewed and help read, but require the root password before it can be changed.
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braaivleis wrote on the 23 Jun 08 at 06:41
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GParted needs to be installed by default.
I found it strange that it was included on the liveCD and not included once you completed the installation. Sounds more like a bug to me.
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Lightbreeze wrote on the 23 Jun 08 at 12:15
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Yeah, I never got why gparted disappeared with the install...
can't have been to save space.
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yzarc wrote on the 23 Jun 08 at 14:21
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I think it's urgent.
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pturing wrote on the 24 Jun 08 at 19:10
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The title of this doesn't quite fit the description: editing /etc/fstab is only one part of this process
Maybe I see where you are going with this though..
gparted can be easily installed, and you can manage non-critical filesystems on it (so not / ) while the system is running, but it doesn't configure where any new partitions should be mounted, etc.
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Jadd wrote on the 2 Jul 08 at 08:53
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The title doesn't match the description.
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kpoole wrote on the 2 Oct 08 at 22:05
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The title and description seem to be consistent to me. There is a graphical partition manager, not just editor, available during the install process which is fine for the install but if you add a new drive later you must resort to many command line entries to partition, format, create a mount point and set the options for the new drive.
For many new users, already used to the GUI way of life, this is difficult. For others, like myself who has experienced long exposure to both environments, I simply find having the computer keep track of some of the details and handle the typing to be a better idea than leaving it all up to me.
Obviously, most of the old school folks will say, "Well, he's getting lazy." but that's what the machine is there for, to track details and help me avoid typographical errors. Why spend more time doing many command line entries, carrying information from one to the next, such as the UUID for a newly formatted partition, and waiting for one step to finish before I can start the next when a good GUI would allow me to make a few quick entries, set a couple of check boxes and then carry on with something else?
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Tree MendUs wrote on the 8 Oct 08 at 08:35
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I thought GParted was made unavailable, because not all users have the skillbase of the users that installed Ubuntu.
e.g Dad installs Ubuntu. Kids play games and explore around (woe!). Mum just wants it to work right.
GParted is not something you want the kids to play with, even though its got some nice pretty bars that you can make bigger or smaller.
Look Mum, look at all the bars I made.
How long before Dad gets back from the business trip?
What might be handy is some easy to stumble across information that GParted is the program you need to add, if you want to partition some new disks.
Actually, some information on the complete method for installing additional disks on a system would be quite useful.
So you have Ubuntu already - how do you add another disk?
or How do you migrate you Ubuntu installation across to a replacement hard disk?
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yzarc wrote on the 8 Oct 08 at 12:35
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ibex have the disk manager in its repository. :) very cool. must be more newbie proof but worked well for me.
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yzarc wrote on the 8 Oct 08 at 12:35
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*ibex HAS, sorry ;)
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