[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

[Louis van der Merwe]

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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>>
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>> David Bodmer
>>
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