Re: [tlug] Trouble with external USB hard disk: /root/sdb5; copy and paste; corrected commands

[David Bernat <dbernat@example.com>]

jep200404 wrote:

> What was the mount point _before the upgrade? 

I can't remember--I know that I should have logged the data somewhere,
but.......

> /etc is a very unusual place to mount an external drive. 
> It would be very surprising for Kubuntu to mount anything 
> there.

What would happen if I create a folder named _USB-external-320GB_ and 
use that folder as the mount point?

> Mea culpa. The commands I sent had an error, 
> so please try again. 
> What is the output of the following corrected commands? 
>
> mkdir ~david/foomnt
> sudo mount -t vfat -r /dev/sdb1 ~david/foomnt
> df
> ls -la ~david/foomnt

david@example.com:~$ mkdir ~david/foomnt
david@example.com:~$ sudo mount -t vfat -r /dev/sdb1 ~david/foomnt
[sudo] password for david:
david@example.com:~$ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1            304137168 268698780  20110776  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
/dev/sdb1            312492320 200908384 111583936  65% /home/david/foomnt
david@example.com:~$ ls -la ~david/foomnt
total 980
drwxr-xr-x 30 root  root  32768 1970-01-01 09:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 77 david david 20480 2008-10-21 19:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  32768 2005-03-21 20:10 Anachronox
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 09:50 archived files
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 10:02 Bethesda Softworks
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  32768 2008-06-18 12:14 Chelmsford 123 Seriae
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  root  32768 2005-03-01 20:40 DiscNoir
drwxr-xr-x 13 root  root  32768 2005-02-23 20:28 Dungeon Siege
drwxr-xr-x 18 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 14:27 Eudora
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2008-06-18 12:17 Fawlty Towers
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  root    716 2008-10-20 13:06 fstab
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2005-03-17 21:12 LucasArts
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 11:24 Microsoft Games
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  root  32768 2008-07-25 10:35 MoE Series 1
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  32768 2008-06-18 12:24 Monty Pythons Flying Circus
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 12:12 Mozilla
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  root      0 2008-10-07 17:10 mtab
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 14:27 Recycled
drwxr-xr-x 18 root  root  32768 2008-10-06 14:14 restore to laptop
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  root  32768 2008-06-18 12:34 Rock Follies
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  root  32768 2008-06-18 12:38 Rumpole of the Bailey
drwxr-xr-x 12 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 12:11 SeaMonkey
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 13:17 SilverLine
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  root  32768 2008-06-18 12:55 Sledge Hammer!
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2008-06-01 12:51 Star Trek TOS S1
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 09:50 System Volume Information
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 16:54 The Bard's Tale
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 18:57 The Bard's Tale 
Original Series
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  root  32768 2008-06-18 12:09 The Fall and Rise of 
Reginald Perrin -The Complete Collection (DVD rip)
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root  32768 2007-07-10 12:13 Thunderbird
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  root  32768 2008-06-09 18:10 TOS Season 2
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  root  32768 2008-07-20 20:42 TOS Season 3