Mac Mini ubuntu server 8.04LTS FW400 HDD not mounting

[Ekos]

How is it going. I did a search and can't seem to find what I need, or don't know what to look for. I am running 8.04 server and formatted a drive ext3 as per InstallingANewHardDrive (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive), but when I mount the drive I can't access. I think it might be the physical id, or access. How can I fix this? Any help is appreciated, Thanks

Carlos

Some info...


******@MacMini:~$ sudo lshw -C disk
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CD-RW CW-8124
vendor: MATSHITA
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: DACH
serial: [MATSHITACD-RW CW-8124 DACHPP 02/01/06+C
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: Hitachi HTS54168
vendor: Hitachi
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: SB2A
serial: SB22F9KGH11EUS
size: 74GiB (80GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00084f37
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Disk
vendor: Ext Hard
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
logical name: /media/maindisk
size: 1397GiB (1500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=4 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered signature=e2b3d1a5 state=mounted

******@MacMini:~$ ls -l /media
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2009-08-18 01:54 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-08-18 01:54 cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-08-18 19:12 maindisk
******@MacMini:~$

[hajk]

It seems that your external HD is mounted OK on /media/maindisk... you seem not to have partitioned that HD since it is recognized as /dev/sdb -- this is a bit unusual, but OK.

You should edit the /etc/fstab file: look for a line starting with /dev/sdb, then add the following mount options (in addition to "rw,relatime"): "users,exec", so the whole line should look something like
/dev/sdb /media/maindisk ext3 rw,relatime,users,exec 0 1
You may wish to add the mount option "auto" if the external HD is always connected.

Next, make sure that you (as user) are a member of the "users" group:
$ sudo adduser <your-ID> usersand, finally, remount with
$ sudo mount -a
Have fun!

[Ekos]

Still struggling... Any tips? The Mac sees it, but I can't get in it I guess...

@MacMini:~$ sudo lshw -C disk
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CD-RW CW-8124
vendor: MATSHITA
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: DACH
serial: [MATSHITACD-RW CW-8124 DACHPP 02/01/06+C
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: Hitachi HTS54168
vendor: Hitachi
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: SB2A
serial: SB22F9KGH11EUS
size: 74GiB (80GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000449a7
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Disk
vendor: Ext Hard
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
size: 1397GiB (1500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=4 signature=7fc8693f

@MacMini:~$ ls -l /media
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2009-08-31 19:20 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-08-31 19:20 cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-09 22:02 maindisk