Idea #12544: Have the option to auto-mount other hard drives/media:

Written by plantboy1 the 25 Aug 08 at 22:43. Category: Multimedia.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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When installing Ubuntu on a multi hard-drive system, both drives show up in the installer. However, once installed and booted, the drive that Ubuntu was not installed on is not easy to find (partitions are easy to see but can only be mounted with root access). Ubuntu, maybe in the installer or after initial boot should ask about these hard drives/partitions and give the option to automatically mount them on boot.

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Jiimmy wrote on the 26 Aug 08 at 09:34

Agree

rafalcieslak wrote on the 26 Aug 08 at 12:34

Very good idea. The question witch drives has to be auto-mounted should be somewhere in setting, not during the installation, maybe someone want to turn it off after installation.
It is possible to do that in /etc/fstab file, but a) it makes some trouble using this file b) graphical interface is more user-friendly.

+1

snaut wrote on the 26 Aug 08 at 22:31

I think it would be enough to have on right-click the option to mount the drives on boot.

HiRez_l wrote on the 31 Aug 08 at 06:08

I would also like to see a right-click "Mount Drive" option, and the option to do a force-mount of ntfs through the gui.

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