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  1. #1
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    10.10 will not mount usb thumb drive

    I have a strange problem. I have a bootable 2gb thumb drive which reads fine in any other PC - XP, 9.04, 10.04 etc but it, and any other thumb drive will not show up in 10.10. It's fully upgraded.
    I know it did work as i used it to install the system.

    cat /etc/fstab
    Code:
    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
    #
    # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
    # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
    # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
    #
    # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
    proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
    # / was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
    UUID=456fa143-7c91-431a-9237-adc720306841 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
    # swap was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
    UUID=d71b70f6-bb53-4c67-ad1d-fcc8503c961d none            swap    sw              0       0
    /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
    cat mount
    Code:
    /dev/sdb5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
    proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
    none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
    none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
    none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
    none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
    none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
    none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
    none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
    gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/mel/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=mel)
    /dev/sdb1 on /media/Harddisk1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)
    /dev/sda1 on /media/Harddisk1_ type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)
    /dev/sdc1 on /media/1FF0-BCE5 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)
    sudo fdisk -l


    Code:
    Disk /dev/sda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x15071506
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *           1        4997    40138371    7  HPFS/NTFS
    
    Disk /dev/sdb: 82.0 GB, 81964302336 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x3ba6f0cd
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdb1   *           1        5095    40924820+   7  HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/sdb2            5095        9965    39117825    5  Extended
    /dev/sdb5            5095        9760    37466112   83  Linux
    /dev/sdb6            9760        9965     1650688   82  Linux swap / Solaris
    
    Disk /dev/sdc: 4059 MB, 4059561984 bytes
    125 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 7750 * 512 = 3968000 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x000a638f
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdc1   *           1        1023     3964094    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
    Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
         phys=(1023, 124, 62) logical=(1022, 124, 62)
    any suggestions as to why and what I can do to fix it?

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    Re: 10.10 will not mount usb thumb drive

    oh. It's worse. The CD drive doesnt detect any media so doesnt mount any disks and if I insert a floppy and try and access it nothing at all.

    Looks like mount is properly borked.

    I'm tempted to hose the entire system and try again. any suggests before that?

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    Re: 10.10 will not mount usb thumb drive

    never mind. I hosed it and put on 10.04 and did locked udisk to 1build1 to get the flopply working.

    Thumb drives and CDs now just work. Very strange

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    Re: 10.10 will not mount usb thumb drive

    That's not a solution!

    I experience the same problem in 10.10: the USB drive does not mount even after restarting, and it does not even show up in
    Code:
    sudo fdisk -l
    This seems to have been introduced with a recent update - but which?

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    Re: 10.10 will not mount usb thumb drive

    it is *a* solution! - just not one that'll suit every situation. For me it was a virgin system install. Updated and borked.

    Much quicker just to wipe and start again than to spend ages trying to work out why.

    Good luck

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    Re: 10.10 will not mount usb thumb drive

    Are you using ndiswrapper for your wi-fi driver? I had similar problems and it was solved by installing usbmount.

    Code: sudo apt-get install usbmount

  7. #7
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    Re: 10.10 will not mount usb thumb drive

    yes i was on 10.10. still am on 10.04. Good tip for people searching with similar probles to try

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