[FIX]cannot lock media/.hal-mtab Error

[secure_it]

if you are trying to attach mass storage device(USB) or DVD Drive or Windows Partition then it won't automount it and instead will return an error citing "cannot lock media/.hal-mtab" .while try to access the device.here is quick fix-

make a directory mkdir /mnt/sdb1 #sdb1 is for Pen drive,change it with the desired partition like /hda or /sda1,/sda2 etc.

mkdir /mnt/sr0 #for mounting DVD/CD Drive

add the USB device/HDD Partition/DVD/CD entries to /etc/fstab
for example if its sdb1 it should look like
nano /etc/fstab
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 vfat auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 #Autoupdate
change vfat & /dev/sdb1 with the format e.g ntfs-3g etc & corresponding file system.

Read my tutorial on Dual Boot BT4 with Windows and there I have mentioned how to mount different partitions including NTFS-3g,vfat etc.

http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=20140

[timstewart]

"cannot lock media/.hal-mtab"

# mkdir /media
# touch /media/.hal-mtab

[fergzcm]

Thanks for this. It did the job, and was simple. The thing is, I'd like to know what is happening when I do this 'touch /media/.hal-mtab'. How can I find out?

[Archangel-Amael]

Thanks for this. It did the job, and was simple. The thing is, I'd like to know what is happening when I do this 'touch /media/.hal-mtab'. How can I find out?

Yeah
#man touch

[fergzcm]

Thanks Archangel for reminding me of the obvious. The help and man commands. And google.