Mount issue, more thoughts

[Jim Smith]

Jim Smith wrote:
> Robert Spanjaard wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:23:04 -0700, Jim Smith wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>>> Can you post a copy of /etc/fstab?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Here it is.
>>>
>>> /etc/fstab:
>>>  
>>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information. #
>>> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
>>> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0 #
>>> /dev/sda4 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
>>> UUID=c8253db2-ac0b-4664-9e3c-837ce469a95d / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
>>> # /dev/sda3 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
>>> UUID=53682bbd-4fcd-4d8c-81a6-7da4e9dc3ece none swap sw 0 0
>>> UUID=81c37411-73dc-470b-a908-291e03841c94 none swap sw 0 0
>>> /dev/cdrom      /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
>>> /dev/sda2       /media/Jim,s\040HD ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
>>>
>>> The device shows uip in the devices list in a file browser, but still
>>> gives the same errors when attempting to mount.
>>>     
>>>       
>> What do you mean by the "devices list"? If it shows up, doesn't that mean 
>> it's already mounted? What happens when you click on it? Can you view the 
>> properties of the device?
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> I plugged it in to my
>>> other Ubuntu box, also running Hardy and it mounted normally. Whatever
>>> the problem is resides on this machine.
>>>     
>>>       
>> It does. The error is about the mount point. In the first column of
>> your fstab, you can see several devices/partitions which are normally
>> available on your computer. The second column lists the position (mount
>> point) where they will be added to your filesystem. Somehow, your
>> computer tries to add the USB-drive at an illegal position.
>> You could take another look at /etc/mtab after you plugged in the drive,
>> and see if sdb1 is listed there. (Proably not, if the mounting fails.)
>>
>> Another option would be to check if you have a udev.rules file with an
>> illegal rule for the USB hard disk. Check it by typing
>>
>> cat /etc/udev/udev.rules
>>
>> (udev.rules is a bit like fstab, but then for hotswappable devices)
>>
>>   
>>     
> Result of that is:
> jim at JimsBook:~$ cat /etc/udev/udev.rules
> cat: /etc/udev/udev.rules: No such file or directory
> jim at JimsBook:~$
>
> /etc/udev contains a subdirectory 'rules.d' which contains numerous
> files, many of which I looked at but none of which seem to have my
> device in mind.
> lsusb does show the device on the first line:
> jim at JimsBook:~$ lsusb
> Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0d49:7350 Maxtor
> Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0ac8:c002 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse
> 6000 Reciever
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
> jim at JimsBook:~$
> Still mystified.
>
> Jim
>
>
>   
Just for fun I took the USB drive to a Windows computer and mounted it
then renamed the volume, removing the space in the name. Then replugged
it into this computer running Hardy and still received the mount error
message. Guess I need to know exactly which file the error is in. Should
I think of trying to delete any references to /dev/sdb2? Would that
cause the device to re-initialize on plugging it in?

jim