automount external hdd

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2017-08-20 at 06:18 +0000, thufir wrote:
> I'm trying to auto-mount an external hdd enclosure with nautilus:
> thufir at doge:~$ sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error

Looks as if the filesystem is not ext3. Try letting mount figure it out
for itself:

   sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

If that doesn't work, it may still give you some info about why.

> /dev/sda1  *     2048 156301311 156299264 74.5G 83 Linux

Type 83 is not, as far as I know, specifically ext3.

> Really just want to format it or something.

What is stopping you formatting it? You don't need to have it mounted
to format it.

For a pointy-clicky way forward, reach for gparted.

Regards, K.

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