[Resolved] Debian 12: trying to auto-mount a NTFS-formatted hard drive by making an entry in fstab. Getting the error "mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 18 -- ignored"

Kickass Women@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml – 21 points –

Here's the entry in the fstab file for mounting my hard drive. I have bolded the name of the hard drive (that's what it shows up as on the dock when it isn't mounted):

UUID=D4C0A66EC0A65710 /media/lucky/New Volume ntfs rw,auto,users,exec,nls=utf8,umask=003,gid=46,uid=1000    0   0

After making that entry in fstab, I execute the, systemctl daemon-reload, command, and then mount -a, afterwards which gives me this error.

16

You are viewing a single comment
View all comments

Issue is with the space in "New Volume", I bet. Should likely be /media/lucky/New\ Volume

Or, I vaguely remember having to add like \040 or something in place of the space. I've dealt with this in the past... And found it easier to use a "-" instead of a space... Or no space at all, obviously.

Using \040 instead of single or double quotes resolved my issue.

Now Debian automounts the hdd.

Good deal. After my post I saw someone else had also suggested the \040, prior to me... I just hadn't read all the comments. Glad it's sorted.