Flash drive not automounting today

[MR ZenWiz]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 2:18 PM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 21:00, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I use a flash drive every day for certain specific storage purposes.
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> Certain very specific ones?
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> https://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/9d/b1/269db17df65cf4c626083f36d1a8b838.png
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It's backup for certain files i like to have portable between computers.

> > This morning, when I plugged in the drive, it did not automount.
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> Fsck that sucker. Fsck it and fsck it now.
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fsck didn't like it (not ext2).

dosfsck found a couple of errors, but I also mounted it in my Windows
VM and it "fixed" the errors onthe drive - no effect on its
automountability.

Also, that doesn't explain why NO flash drive mounts automatically.

I'll try the Windows solution and reboot...

Mark