Ubuntu 8.04 fstab File Problems

“Moreover, with respect to the latter the results were similarly
perplexing whether the file was executed during bootup or on the
command line with the “a” option. Succinctly the problem is, I have
not been successful mounting the external directories [1.] of the
6.06 desktop while on 8.04. Nonetheless, use of essentially the
same commands work where I can see all the directories of 8.04
while running the 6.06 desktop. Moreover, with root level
privileges on 6.06, I can copy, remove or alter files and sync in
either direction. Those options are unavailable to me on 8.04.”

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