Attaching Data Drive

[Duwady]

Hi Folks,

I had previously installed Ubuntu Server in 80GB drive, and had attached another 300GB drive for data.

Because I was playing too much with the changes, I was having problems with the Server, so I decided to wipe out everything on the 80GB drive, and reinstall Ubuntu Server, as my Data was secure on the 300GB drive.

Now that I have re-installed Ubuntu, I am lost on how to attach (mount) the 300GB drive, and access all my data there.

Could anybody point out where I can read-up on it? Or give me some pointers.

TIA.

[druhboruch]

Just create a folder and mount it:

mkdir /media/disk
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/disk

If you want to mount it permanently just google /etc/fstab

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...gANewHardDrive

[Duwady]

Just create a folder and mount it:

mkdir /media/disk
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/disk

If you want to mount it permanently just google /etc/fstab

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...gANewHardDrive

I use Webmin to manage my Server, and I was able to mount it, but am unable to get my data.

TIA

[cariboo]

You may have to adjust the mount point permissions. I would suggest using ssh to go into the server and check the permissions of /media/disk change the permission to 777 just to see if you can access the data at the prompt type:

sudo chmod -R 777 /media/disk

If you can now access the files on the drive, then you can follow the link that druhboruch provided to setup /etc/fstab.

[R.Bucky]

Permanently mount your drive in /etc/fstab using >

/dev/sdb1 /mount-pint ext3 defaults 0 0

or if a samba share

//external/box /local-mount smbfs username=your-username,password=your-password 0 0

[Duwady]

You may have to adjust the mount point permissions. I would suggest using ssh to go into the server and check the permissions of /media/disk change the permission to 777 just to see if you can access the data at the prompt type:

sudo chmod -R 777 /media/disk

If you can now access the files on the drive, then you can follow the link that druhboruch provided to setup /etc/fstab.

Nope, chmod 777 also did not bring out my old data. I can create new "folders" add other data, but can not see nor access my old data. It seems to be there still, as free space is reduced, but I just can not see it, nor access it.

Did I mount it wrong? Like I mentioned before, I use Webmin for managing the server, and maybe I mounted the disk (or the partition, if that makes a difference) in a wrong way.

Also another information: This data disk was still in and connected when I reinstalled Ubuntu Server on the smaller drive.

TIA

[druhboruch]

Maybe you have more than one partition on your drive.

Try to mount /dev/sdb2 and /dev/sdb3...

What file system was data drive formated with?

[Duwady]

Maybe you have more than one partition on your drive.

Try to mount /dev/sdb2 and /dev/sdb3...

What file system was data drive formated with?

The drive has only one partition, and it was formatted as linux partition, ext3.

Just curious, Ubuntu now has some other filesystem, LVM or something like that, which I guess is ext4. Does this make a difference?

TIA

[az]

The drive has only one partition, and it was formatted as linux partition, ext3.

Just curious, Ubuntu now has some other filesystem, LVM or something like that, which I guess is ext4. Does this make a difference?

TIA

No. Ubuntu can support many different filesystems at the same time.

And LVM is just a way of making several drives (partitions) into one volume. You can put any filesystem you want on a volume. I think Ext4 is the default for the next release of Ubuntu. The default filesystem right now is still ext3.

[Duwady]

No. Ubuntu can support many different filesystems at the same time.

And LVM is just a way of making several drives (partitions) into one volume. You can put any filesystem you want on a volume. I think Ext4 is the default for the next release of Ubuntu. The default filesystem right now is still ext3.

Which brings me back to my original question, why do I not see my data on the mounted drive, which had only one partition and had been formatted with ext3?

Another thought, (because I am a newbie in linux)... I am under the impression that I can mount the drive (or partition) under any name, and under any folder (Media or MNT). Please correct me if I am wrong.

Until I can resolve this, or understand what is going on and why, I am scared to put any data in it anymore.

TIA