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Cannot see the 2nd hd [Solved]
Posted: 7. May 2010, 15:00
by Sybelius
Hi All
Very happy after installing Salix 13.0 32 bit, I am trying to customize it as I like; looking for my 2nd hd (file system "ntfs"), which I am using as "Archive" for important files, I am unable to see it.
Also I dont see the partitions (10) on the 1st hd (where I have been installing all distros of mine); maybe I made error installing Salix and in this moment I dont remember (maybe I dont know) the procedure to set up this issue.
Please, somebody could help me ?
I am giving you some output:
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dominum[~]$ mount
/dev/root on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dominum/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dominum)
dominum[~]$ cat /etc/fstab
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda9 / ext4 noatime,defaults 1 1
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root[dominum]# fdisk -l
Disco /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 byte
255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 38913 cilindri
Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte
Identificativo disco: 0x8f8000b1
Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 38913 312568610+ 5 Esteso
/dev/sda5 1 233 1871509+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda6 234 4024 30451176 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 * 4025 7792 30266428+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 7793 11589 30499371 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 11590 15196 28973196 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 15197 19038 30860833+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 19039 22775 30017421 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 22776 26487 29816608+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 26488 30215 29945128+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda14 30216 33990 30322656 83 Linux
/dev/sda15 33991 38913 39543966 83 Linux
Disco /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 byte
255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 60801 cilindri
Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte
Identificativo disco: 0x000475e6
Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 60801 488384001 7 HPFS/NTFS
Nota: la dimensione del settore è 2048 (non 512)
Disco /dev/sdc: 1015 MB, 1015021568 byte
32 testine, 61 settori/tracce, 253 cilindri
Unità = cilindri di 1952 * 2048 = 3997696 byte
Identificativo disco: 0x6f20736b
Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System
root[dominum]#
(Salix is installed on /dev/sda9).
Thank You very much for your kind attention. Ciao
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd
Posted: 7. May 2010, 15:39
by Shador
You need to create additional entries in /etc/fstab for each partition you want to be mounted. Just search on the web for "fstab". You will be flooded with information.
Here are some extracts from mine:
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/dev/sda6 /home xfs defaults 1 2
/dev/sda3 /media/salix64old ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda5 /media/data ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
UUID=BC34-5D82 /media/D2 vfat defaults,noauto,utf8,umask=0,shortname=mixed,users 0 0
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd
Posted: 8. May 2010, 04:22
by Sybelius
Shador wrote:You need to create additional entries in /etc/fstab for each partition you want to be mounted. Just search on the web for "fstab". You will be flooded with information.
Hi Shador,
Thank you very much for your kind help. Ciao
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd [Solved]
Posted: 8. May 2010, 09:51
by Sybelius
Well, I got my 2nd hd. But I am afraid that something is wrong
Just to enjoy the "conversation", I tell you that after some different experiments (even after copying the fstab line from Slackware 13.0), the 2nd hd comes out only after adding to /etc/fstab the following line:
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UUID=1286503864855350 /dev/disk/by-uuid ntfs-3g defaults,noauto,utf8,umask=0,shortname=mixed,users 0 0
It is funny that I reach it following this footpath:
/dev/disk/by-uuid.
The "by-uuid" directory is containing all directories about the 2nd hd and I can work with files; apparently nothing is wrong, but I dont understand why I dont get it under /media or /mnt, or on the left side of the file manager's window.
Anyway, I got my 2nd hd, I got the printer Hp Officejet 6500 working, I got the scanner Epson Perfection 1260 working, I have been installing the program "GTK+UVC Viewer" (guvcview) which works perfectly.
My Salix is in order, I suppose
Ciao
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd [Solved]
Posted: 8. May 2010, 22:46
by Shador
Sybelius wrote:It is funny that I reach it following this footpath:
/dev/disk/by-uuid.
The "by-uuid" directory is containing all directories about the 2nd hd and I can work with files; apparently nothing is wrong, but I dont understand why I dont get it under /media or /mnt, or on the left side of the file manager's window.
You shouldn't touch anything in mount. Especially you shouldn't mount to directories inside dev. By mounting to /dev/disk/by-uuid you hid away the original files. Anything now trying to access them would fail.
Always mount to /mnt or /media, possibly others too, but be aware that by mounting e.g. to a directory /home/user/test containing the file /home/user/test/file, that file is not anymore accessible as long the volume stays mounted to /home/user/test.
I recommend you change the line to something like:
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UUID=1286503864855350 /mnt/data ntfs-3g defaults,noauto,utf8,umask=0,shortname=mixed,users 0 0
The problem you probably faced was that /mnt/data was not yet existent so don't forget to create it beforehand. If you wanted the directory to be directly accessible from within your home directory,you could use a symlink like
ln -s /mnt/data ~/data
Of course you can replace /mnt/data with any other (empty) existent directory, you want to use.
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd [Solved]
Posted: 9. May 2010, 17:55
by Sybelius
I recommend you change the line to something like:
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UUID=1286503864855350 /mnt/data ntfs-3g defaults,noauto,utf8,umask=0,shortname=mixed,users 0 0
Hi Shador,
I have been following your advice and now my "fstab" is this one:
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devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda9 / ext4 noatime,defaults 1 1
UUID=1286503864855350 /mnt/Archivio ntfs-3g defaults,noauto,utf8,umask=0,shortname=mixed,users 0 0
But I dont see my 2nd hd anywhere.
The problem you probably faced was that /mnt/data was not yet existent so don't forget to create it beforehand. If you wanted the directory to be directly accessible from within your home directory,you could use a symlink like ln -s /mnt/data ~/data
Of course you can replace /mnt/data with any other (empty) existent directory, you want to use.
I am sorry but I am not really expert, so, I did mistake, I suppose; I have been running as root this command:
Ciao
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd [Solved]
Posted: 9. May 2010, 18:26
by Shador
It should now be visible in /mnt/Archivio and because you created that symlink also inside your homedir using the name Archivio.
If /mnt/Archivio is empty can you please post the output of mount (as root).
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd [Solved]
Posted: 10. May 2010, 18:15
by Sybelius
Hi Shador,
Unfortunately, I dont see the 2nd hd (Archivio) anywhere, this is the terminal's output:
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root[dominum]# mount
/dev/root on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dominum/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dominum)
root[dominum]#
"mnt" shows only: cdrecorder, cdrom, dvd, floppy, hd, memory, tmp, zip and "README".
All directories are empty.
Ciao
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd
Posted: 10. May 2010, 18:17
by Shador
Shador wrote:The problem you probably faced was that /mnt/data was not yet existent so don't forget to create it beforehand
The directory you want to mount to MUST be EXISTENT. I.e.:
Re: Cannot see the 2nd hd
Posted: 10. May 2010, 19:29
by Sybelius
Shador wrote:The directory you want to mount to MUST be EXISTENT. I.e.:
running "mkdir -p /mnt/Archivio" I get the directory "Archivio" under /mnt but it is empty
Ciao