Re: [tlug] Trouble with external USB hard disk

["Nguyen Vu Hung" <vuhung16plus@example.com>]

As I've said in a previous email, this is a bug of Hardy so you should
report it to Kubuntu team.

2008/10/20 David Bernat <dbernat@example.com>
>
> Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
>
> > > What is the output of "mount" when you log into Hardy?
>
> root@example.com:~# mount
> /dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
Only / is presents.
Now /etc and /root are part of it( the root partition "/").

> > > and ls -l /etc; ls -l /root; Are they empty?
> root@example.com:~# ls -l /root
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2970 2008-10-06 21:42 gparted_details.htm
gparted is an utility for repartitioning your harddisk.
Kubuntu should not do that without your permission.
Can you upload( don't copy/paste :P) it?

> root@example.com:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /etc
> can't link lock file /etc/mtab~: Operation not permitted (use -n flag to
> override)
> root@example.com:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /etc -n
> mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /etc busy
Bug! /dev/sdb1 is not listed in the output of "mount".

Btw, "mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /etc -n" is nonsense because /etc is
already there.
If you want to try again:

sudo mkdir -p /media/sdb1
mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1

though I think this would fail( due to _the_ bug)

> Hardy had no trouble mounting the disk prior to the upgrade last week.
> What broke in the upgrade? Anybody know?
I don't know but if you report your problem to Kubuntu team,
probably they will investigate it, and fix it if the issue is real.

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