I have a separate /usr partition and confirm the comment by Szabolcs above.
After having scoured the forums for the past two days, I finally stumbled upon the simple solution he gives above. The default locations written into /etc/fstab seem to generally follow the partition structure of the hard drive. My original fstab: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sda9 UUID=98451ab9-d323-4a09-96a2-91b5ea58035c / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda3 UUID=09f8e063-64d5-4b20-a97b-26cfb7b08989 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 # /dev/sda11 UUID=7b0fce56-2eb6-4e39-b428-4fe45eef5f21 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 # /dev/sda1 UUID=68084A9E084A6B60 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda12 UUID=28FEE8554059CE0D /media/sda12 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda4 UUID=AA7822D77822A255 /media/sda4 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda5 UUID=2F6501F233246281 /media/sda5 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda6 UUID=C4E03110E0310A66 /media/sda6 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda7 UUID=4D6F777224E88C3C /media/sda7 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda8 UUID=2D483064170999E1 /media/sda8 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sdb2 UUID=33D844931ACC31F3 /media/sdb2 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sdb5 UUID=3B99AAAF69B58B76 /media/sdb5 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sdb6 UUID=38C6CB6F37C3CF40 /media/sdb6 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sdb7 UUID=21F8B67017160C87 /media/sdb7 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /dev/sda13 UUID=ec8a8c6e-f9fb-4af6-839e-4ed5da28cd92 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2 # /dev/sda14 UUID=6763b394-2cd8-4830-8cb7-a4cd4b45fa41 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 # /dev/sda15 UUID=e53c0925-18a0-415c-8786-615b3b195c8f /var ext3 defaults 0 2 # /dev/sda10 UUID=8971139c-2640-2782-0df0-7de7c429c55a none swap sw 0 0 # /dev/sdb1 UUID=582a25db-c088-427c-9279-48af84695c7b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 Installing and running the ntfs-3g configure tool simply pre-pended fstab with: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config -- # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> Everything else followed the same as above. One other note - I did not get the pop-up 'select mount point' box with this either - possibly something to do with the fstab structure? Once I cut and pasted the ntfs partition information below the two /swap partitions and rebooted the problems with accessing my ntfs partitions were solved. Now I can finally set up permisions with my working ntfs partitions. -- Feisty Fawn: ntfs-3g ceased to work afetr software update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120643 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
