Unable to automount external hard drive

[bobestes]

I just replaced my hard drive and reinstalled and updated my software.  I have an external USB hard drive that I keep plugged in for back ups.  PCLOS has designated it as "/dev/sda1".  Before I replaced my hard drive sda1 would mount automatically upon boot.  In konqueror, I have selected the preferences for this drive and checked the box "Mount automatically", but it doesn't.  I can manually mount the drive, but this is inconvenient.  If I recall correctly, when I originally installed PCLOS I had to edit a file (I think it was etc/fstab.) in order to get the drive to mount automatically, but I don't recall what the entry was, and I can't find a reference to it in the forum.  I thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

Bob

[Was_Just19]

Yes  /etc/fstab  is the file that holds details of permanent mount points

Here is an example

/dev/sda8      /mnt/Data     ext3     user,exec,rw,auto    1 2

I am unsure of the advisability of giving a removable media a permanent mount point though .....  if it is unplugged it may cause some problems in booting IIRC.

[Roc4fun]

In kde3 I had given a couple of removable devices fstab entries so they would consistently be mounted in the same place regardless of insertion order.

Their presence or lackthereof was never a problem for me.

Kde4 has done a good job with automounting for me.

Dave