Re: [tlug] Trouble with external USB hard disk

[David Bernat <dbernat@example.com>]

jep200404 wrote:

> 1. What is /root/sdb5?

I've no idea why /root/sdb5 is there, or why Kubuntu has begun putting 
it there.

> 2. Did you manually type the contents of fstab into the email?

Copy and paste into email.

> 3. Why are you mounting the partition at /etc? Please elaborate.

Kubuntu does this as the default mount following the upgrade. I did
not choose the mount point.

> 4. Why are you using a VFAT partition?

The external USB hard disk came formatted as VFAT.

> 5. Who/what formatted the VFAT partition?

Buffalo, factory default format mode.

> 5. Why are you using 320GB for /etc?

Why is Kubuntu doing so following the upgrade? I made no
conscious choice to use 320GB for /etc.

> I wonder if the drive names (/dev/sda, /dev/sdb, ...) got reordered 
in the upgrade.

Booting the laptop without the USB hard disk attached
shows just the sda hard disk and sdc DVD drive.

> 6. What is the output of the following commands?
> mkdir ~david/foomnt
> sudo -t vfat -r /dev/sdb1 ~david/foomnt
> df
> ls -la ~david/foomnt

david@example.com:~$ mkdir ~david/foomnt
david@example.com:~$ sudo -t vfat -r /dev/sdb1 ~david/foomnt
sudo: illegal option `-t'
usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -L | -l | -V | -v
usage: sudo [-bEHPS] [-p prompt] [-u username|#uid] [VAR=value]
            {-i | -s | <command>}
usage: sudo -e [-S] [-p prompt] [-u username|#uid] file ...
david@example.com:~$ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1            304137168 271081904  17727652  94% /
varrun                 1026956       176   1026780   1% /var/run
varlock                1026956         0   1026956   0% /var/lock
udev                   1026956        60   1026896   1% /dev
devshm                 1026956         0   1026956   0% /dev/shm
lrm                    1026956     44968    981988   5% 
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile
david@example.com:~$ ls -la ~david/foomnt
total 24
drwxr-xr-x  2 david david  4096 2008-10-21 08:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 79 david david 20480 2008-10-21 08:03 ..