[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

Tue Dec 9 12:25:38 GMT 2008

Thank you all who were in volved in helping me fix this,
this community really does make a difference
cheerz

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Louis van der Merwe <
themandibleclaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it's because of the dodgy way that the drive was partitioned ...
> if you're not planning on redo-ing the partition table, you can make life a
> bit easier for yourself
> by label'ing the disk and then adding it to /etc/fstab
>
> then it should atleast always mount to the same place for you.
>
> glad you came right though
>
>
> 2008/12/9 David Mark Bodmer <david.bodmer at gmail.com>
>
>> 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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