External Backup Disk Drive

[Ramesh Rao]

Hi Bas,

Well all I meant was that after reformatting the external drive (from NTFS to ext4) using Gparted, I rebooted the workstation using the current OS (i.e. kubuntu v 11.10) as normal (not from external  drive). The external drive was not detected even after reformatting. 

I don't think you are suggesting that I reformat once again.

Thanks a lot..

Ramesh



> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:33:08 +0200
> Subject: Re: External Backup Disk Drive
> From: basroufs at gmail.com
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> Hello Ramesh,
> 
> what exactly do you mean with this?
> > - brought up kubuntu (v11.10)
> An external HD is just for backup storage, not for operating an OS! I
> am wondering whether this is a reason that your drive still is not
> recognisable  as a simple EXT4 storage device.
> 
> On the other hand,  I am happy with this:
> > - tried Gparted Live ....
> 
> Gparted is an excellent package to (re)format, partition, etc.
> My advise for now:
> use GParted to again reformat your drive;
> if, after this, you still have problems, change the ownership and
> permissions of your drive via kdesudo or sudo mc - see first mail for
> the details.
> I hope, also others have useful ideas for your problem.
> 
> Have a good evening!
> Respectfully yours,
> Bas.
> 
> 
> 
> 2013/6/24 Ramesh Rao <rameshrao55 at hotmail.com>:
> > Hi Bas,
> >
> > I started well today - very promising. I can't say the same at the end.
> >
> > Summary:
> >
> > - KDE Partition Manager does not recognize the external drive.
> > - tried Gparted Live. Pleasantly surprised to find this device /dev/sdc1
> > displayed (NTFS format).
> > - reformatted as ext4
> > - during the whole process the Seagate Drive Power-on indicator was
> > steady-green.
> > - brought up kubuntu (v11.10)
> > - once again, ext drive NOT detected by File Manager, KDE Partition Manager,
> > fdisk, lsblk.  palimpsest recognizes but wrongly - it displays the drive as
> > having eight partitions!! Only lsusb seem to detect the device.
> > - Seagate Drive Power-on indicator does not light up at all.
> >
> > I wanted the backup mechanism working so that I could upgrade from 11.10 to
> > 12.04. Now it seems I may have to upgrade just to get the ext drive
> > functioning. Chicken and egg scenario.
> >
> > Have I exhausted all my options?
> >
> > Once again thanks  for your time. I appreciate.
> >
> > Ramesh
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:55:21 +0200
> >
> > Subject: RE: External Backup Disk Drive
> > From: basroufs at gmail.com
> > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> >
> > Hello Ramesh,
> > really the best thing to do is reformatting the drive into EXT4, not NTFS!
> > Use either Palimpsest or KDE Partition Manager.
> > May be you can also check KDE Partition Manager.
> > The screenshots you show, remind me of the situation I had before
> > reformatting my 2 TB drive, a 'Western Digital'.
> > I had exactly the same problem '. Ever since I have reformatted it, it works
> > flawlessly.
> >> is it possible that the drives need to be reformatted? Right now the
> >> devices ... show "0 bytes Capacity",
> > Something like this I remember also from my Western Digital HD before
> > reformatting it.
> >
> > ! You need only to reformat your external HD, not anything else!
> > Check also your drives with KDE Partition Manager - probably better to
> > reformat your external drive via that package.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Although I thought the drives come formatted mostly in NFTS format (as
> >> already mentioned by you in an earlier email).
> > - I am little skeptical about reformatting, reason - I may have to
> > ultimately return the drive
> > This is not an issue in my opinion. NTFS is just a file system. When using
> > Linux, you can better work with EXT4 - another file system.
> >
> >
> > Have a good day.
> > Bas.
> >
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