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    Exclamation I need help mounting my drives

    Hey ppl, im new to linux and recently installed it on my 2nd hard drive since I still need windows for Various things. Anyways, when I try to access (mount) my 1st hard drive (the one with windows) and/or my 3rd Drive, it says cannot mount drive.

    Can somebody help me with this as I rlly wanna use linux more but this is detouring me away from using linux more.
    Is there some way I have to Boot up or is there a program that will auto mount and/or force mount other drives.

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    Re: I need help mounting my drives

    Can you provide the output from
    Code:
     mount
    and
    Code:
     sudo fdisk -l
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    Re: I need help mounting my drives

    Quote Originally Posted by fwre01 View Post
    Can you provide the output from
    Code:
     mount
    and
    Code:
     sudo fdisk -l
    Ok, I'll try, dont flip out if this aint the stuff : (

    \/ \/ \/ Mount \/ \/ \/
    /dev/sdb1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
    proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
    varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
    udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
    devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
    devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
    lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
    securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
    gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/nekomaster/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=nekomaster)
    /dev/scd0 on /media/cdrom0 type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8,user=nekomaster)
    /dev/sde1 on /media/USB DISK 2 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1 000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
    /dev/sdf1 on /media/DSC_FATDISK type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1 000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
    /dev/sdd1 on /media/USB DISK 1 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1 000,utf8,umask=077,flush)

    \/ \/ \/ sudo fdisk -l \/ \/ \/
    Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0xd0f4738c

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 1 4862 39053983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

    Disk /dev/sdb: 15.0 GB, 15020457984 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1826 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x9800481f

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdb1 1 1744 14008648+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb2 1745 1826 658665 5 Extended
    /dev/sdb5 1745 1826 658633+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

    Disk /dev/sdc: 6488 MB, 6488294400 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 788 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x5a5abd68

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdc1 1 787 6321546 7 HPFS/NTFS

    Disk /dev/sdd: 1030 MB, 1030750208 bytes
    16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3932 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdd1 * 1 3932 1006576 b W95 FAT32

    Disk /dev/sde: 1040 MB, 1040187392 bytes
    65 heads, 32 sectors/track, 976 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 2080 * 512 = 1064960 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sde1 * 1 977 1015792 b W95 FAT32
    Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
    phys=(992, 64, 32) logical=(976, 47, 32)

    Disk /dev/sdf: 3 MB, 3146240 bytes
    2 heads, 16 sectors/track, 192 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 32 * 512 = 16384 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdf1 * 1 192 3066+ 1 FAT12

    There, I hope that helps, btw, the 3MB disk is my camera : P

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    Re: I need help mounting my drives

    Quote Originally Posted by neko-master View Post
    Hey ppl, im new to linux and recently installed it on my 2nd hard drive since I still need windows for Various things. Anyways, when I try to access (mount) my 1st hard drive (the one with windows) and/or my 3rd Drive, it says cannot mount drive.

    Can somebody help me with this as I rlly wanna use linux more but this is detouring me away from using linux more.
    Is there some way I have to Boot up or is there a program that will auto mount and/or force mount other drives.
    Have you tried mounting as root? To do so type
    Code:
    gksudo nautilus
    into a terminal, then type or navigate to
    Code:
    /media
    right click and select mount.

    To answer the bit in bold you get ntfs-config, type
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
    in a terminal or use the repos although it will mount only ntfs drives. As for force mounting, you only need to do it after an unclean windows shutdown. The best solution is to go into windows and shut it down properly but you can type
    Code:
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/<folder name> -o force
    sda1 is just an example (although I think it's your windows drive, right click in nautilus to check for sure.

    Only type the above code if nothing else works and check you need to do it first, an error message will usually come up if it was an unclean shutdown.

    And a 3MB camera? Does it fit any pictures on
    Last edited by SuperSonic4; August 30th, 2008 at 10:31 PM. Reason: added section about force mounting

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    Re: I need help mounting my drives

    OK.

    from a terminal type "sudo gedit /etc/fstab" then add these two lines at the bottom

    Code:
    /dev/sda1   /media/sda1   ntfs-3g   defaults,locale=en_US.utf8   0   0
    /dev/sdc1   /media/sdc1   ntfs-3g   defaults,locale=en_US.utf8   0   0
    save it. Then create those two dirs
    Code:
    mkdir /media/sda1 
    mkdir /media/sdc1
    then type
    Code:
    sudo mount -a
    this should mount those two drives on dirs /media/sda1 and /media/sdc1. and everytime your PC boots.

    hope that works for ya!
    Last edited by fwre01; August 30th, 2008 at 10:37 PM.
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    Unhappy Re: I need help mounting my drives

    Quote Originally Posted by SuperSonic4 View Post
    Have you tried mounting as root? To do so type
    Code:
    gksudo nautilus
    into a terminal, then type or navigate to
    Code:
    /media
    right click and select mount.

    To answer the bit in bold you get ntfs-config, type
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
    in a terminal or use the repos although it will mount only ntfs drives. As for force mounting, you only need to do it after an unclean windows shutdown. The best solution is to go into windows and shut it down properly but you can type
    Code:
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/<folder name> -o force
    sda1 is just an example (although I think it's your windows drive, right click in nautilus to check for sure.

    Only type the above code if nothing else works and check you need to do it first, an error message will usually come up if it was an unclean shutdown.

    And a 3MB camera? Does it fit any pictures on


    Quote Originally Posted by fwre01 View Post
    OK.

    from a terminal type "sudo gedit /etc/fstab" then add these two lines at the bottom

    Code:
    /dev/sda1   /media/sda1   ntfs-3g   defaults,locale=en_US.utf8   0   0
    /dev/sdc1   /media/sdc1   ntfs-3g   defaults,locale=en_US.utf8   0   0
    save it. Then create those two dirs
    Code:
    mkdir /media/sda1 
    mkdir /media/sdc1
    then type
    Code:
    sudo mount -a
    this should mount those two drives on dirs /media/sda1 and /media/sdc1. and everytime your PC boots.

    hope that works for ya!
    Ok, none of the above methodes worked since Im no good with Command Prompt stuff, if anyone has a messenger that supports giveing me help through remote assistance then please IM me at eitehr
    detrix_x@yahoo.ca
    detrix_x@hotmail.com

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    Re: I need help mounting my drives

    Try pysdm to mount them for you

    Install command

    sudo apt-get install pysdm

    Command to run

    sudo pysdm

    Once inside select disk & partition in the left hand side of GUI and then click mount


    Hope that works

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