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How do I specify a label/path with spaces in /etc/fstab?

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chase
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I am having trouble trying to get theh permissions for some of my external drives set up. I believe the probem is due to how I am dealing with spaces in the text such that the commands can be interpreted by the terminal. I have found [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5224243/mount-ntfs-on-ubuntu-on-start-up), which seems to indicate that I need to configure my etc/fstab file to show the following: # UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM /host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none swap sw 0 0 LABEL='Expansion Drive' /media/'Expansion Drive' ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0022,fmask=0133 0 0 LABEL='Expansion Drive_' /media/'Expansion Drive_' ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0022,fmask=0133 0 0 However, This is showing an error that the drive `Drive_'` is not ready. I realize that this is due to using `""`s or `''`s, but I am not sure how else to do this properly. My 2 drives are called `Expansion Drive` and `Expansion Drive_` . Anyone know how to solve this problem? **EDIT:** Here is what I can see in the media folder: chasebrown@ubuntu:/media$ ls -al total 32 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Mar 9 16:32 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 1024 Feb 23 23:14 .. drwx------ 1 chasebrown chasebrown 4096 Mar 8 04:21 Expansion Drive drwx------ 1 chasebrown chasebrown 4096 Mar 8 04:21 Expansion Drive_ dr-x------ 1 chasebrown chasebrown 2048 May 20 2009 GDRV-25922+VR2 drwx------ 1 chasebrown chasebrown 20480 Mar 8 04:21 WD EXTERNAL Also `sudo lsblk -f`: chasebrown@ubuntu:/dev/disk/by-uuid$ sudo lsblk -f [sudo] password for chasebrown: NAME FSTYPE LABEL MOUNTPOINT sda ├─sda1 ntfs System Reserved └─sda2 ntfs sdb └─sdb1 ntfs /host sdc └─sdc1 ntfs Expansion Drive /media/Expansion Drive_ sdd └─sdd1 ntfs Expansion Drive /media/Expansion Drive sde └─sde1 ntfs WD EXTERNAL /media/WD EXTERNAL sr0 iso9660 GDRV-25922+VR2 /media/GDRV-25922+VR2 loop0 ext3 / And `sudo blkid`: chasebrown@ubuntu:/dev/disk/by-uuid$ sudo blkid /dev/loop0: UUID="87a15942-982f-4edd-bf44-439dc286fd7c" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" /dev/sr0: LABEL="GDRV-25922+VR2" TYPE="iso9660" /dev/sda1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="64CEEA61CEEA2B4E" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda2: UUID="4CA4EBC0A4EBAAA2" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdb1: UUID="00064EEE064EE46E" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdc1: LABEL="Expansion Drive" UUID="C682A8EE82A8E3E1" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdd1: LABEL="Expans...

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