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



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



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