[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

[frans]

W95 Ext'd (LBA) would be an extended partition tipe, wich is quite 
common when you wand more than 4 partitions so it should not be the problem

try mounting with
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt
or
sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb5 /mnt
should do it as the command previous ly was for partition 1


David Mark Bodmer wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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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