External Backup Disk Drive

[Steve Riley]

With the drive unplugged, please open a console window and run:

    udevadm monitor

The command will print three lines about what will happen, and then the cursor will wait on the next line. Now plug in the drive. Do additional lines appear in the console window? If so, please copy-paste those into a reply message here. Thanks.

...Steve


On 2013-06-24 21:49:18 Ramesh Rao <rameshrao55 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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