[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

[David Mark Bodmer]

yes that worked, i see my data.
my question now would be, why does it not act the same as any other flash or
ext hdd?


On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Hilton Gibson <hgibson at sun.ac.za> wrote:

> David Mark Bodmer wrote:
> > dmb at dmb-desktop:~$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb5 /mnt
> > [sudo] password for dmb:
> > mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> > (then i tried this one)
> > dmb at dmb-desktop:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt
> > dmb at dmb-desktop:~$
> >
> > but when i look in the media folder or anywhere i cant see any sign of it
> ok. type
>
> df -h
>
> or
>
> mount
>
> to see where it is mounted.
>
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Louis van der Merwe <
> > themandibleclaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi David,
> >> try mounting sdb5 and not sdb1.
> >>
> >> sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb5 /mnt
> >>
> >> or
> >>
> >> sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt
> >>
> >> failing that, I'd whack that partition table and repartition the disk.
> >>
> >> cheers
> >>
> >> Louis
> >>
> >>
> >> 2008/12/9 David Mark Bodmer <david.bodmer at gmail.com>
> >>
> >>> sudo fdisk -l
> >>>
> >>> ----------------------------
> >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
> >>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
> >>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >>> Disk identifier: 0xf91cc906
> >>>
> >>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> >>> /dev/sdb1               1       38913   312568641    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> >>> /dev/sdb5               1       38913   312568578    b  W95 FAT32
> >>> ----------------------------
> >>>
> >>> i see that it is Fat32, but also i see the ext'd LBA? not sure what
> that
> >>> is, and given its the starting block i presume it could be causing the
> issue
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Louis van der Merwe <
> >>> themandibleclaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> you can also see more info on the drive by typing :
> >>>> sudo fdisk -l
> >>>>
> >>>> 2008/12/9 Louis van der Merwe <themandibleclaw at gmail.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi David,
> >>>>> -t auto should prompt mount to automatically detect the file system
> >>>>> type.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you're sure it's ntfs, try this:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2008/12/9 David Mark Bodmer <david.bodmer at gmail.com>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> dmb at dmb-desktop:~$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> [sudo] password for dmb:
> >>>>>> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ? sorry i dont know the parameter to set the filesystem type, im
> sure
> >>>>>> its ntfs though
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The format shouldn't be a problem. If it's NTFS and you don't
> "safely
> >>>>>>> remove" it from windows, you will see a message in the output from
> dmesg
> >>>>>>> which indicates this. So I don't think it's your problem. In any
> case,  if
> >>>>>>> it was, you could just type "sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> -o force"
> >>>>>>> and it would sort you out.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> As an experiment, why not try the following and see what it says:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> cheers
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Louis
> >>>>>>>
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Regards
David Bodmer

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