[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

Hannes Coetzee scorpking at eshowecompcentre.co.za
Wed Dec 10 20:39:34 GMT 2008


Something else to keep in mind - A volume label with weird characters 
will also cause mounting problems and stop udev from handling the disk 
properly.

Regards
Hannes
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>             <mailto: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
>             <mailto: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
>             <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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>             >>>>>>
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