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From: ABSDoug on 10 Jun 2010 23:10
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Rob Owens <rowens(a)ptd.net> wrote:

> Rule of thumb:  back up files before messing with
> them.  In the case of
> fstab, as root (or sudo):
>
> cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
>
> That way you can always go back to what was working before
> you messed
> with it.


I'm never going to forget that nor make that mistake again. So easy too.


> By the way, I'm pretty sure most desktop environments have
> built-in
> provisions for accessing ntfs, and you don't need to mess
> with fstab.
> The ntfs drive is usually found under "computer" in the
> file manager.


Found something called "Disk Manager", works just like ntfs-config. Don't know why I didn't find it the 1st 2X I look for something like ntfs-config, but I found it!





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