[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

[Louis van der Merwe]

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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