sda1 usb mount

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How does one mount in order access files on a sda1 usb harddrive? I have done this before with no problem. It just mounted and opened with Kubuntu but for some reason it no longer will open and displays an unmounted warning.

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Re: sda1 usb mount

I could be wrong but, isn't usb device /sdb1. My machine has /sda1,2 and 3 as my primary partitions and sdb1 as usb hdd.

Try sudo mount /dev/sdb1.
also try
~$ cat /etc/mtab
/dev/sda2 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw 0 0
varrun /var/run tmpfs rw 0 0
varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
lrm /lib/modules/2.6.15-27-amd64-generic/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 /home ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/colorrender vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8,short name=lower 0 0

/dev/sdb1 is shown here mounted on /media/colorrender. why colorrender I don't know. it usually shows up as /usbdisk.

anyway, post your /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab.
charlie

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Re: sda1 usb mount

My harddrive are hda and hdb. Yours must be sata while mine are pata. Will try the mount/dev/sda1. thnks

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Re: sda1 usb mount

Din't work. Konsole sez not a command?

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Re: sda1 usb mount

you are right mine are sata.
sudo mount /dev/sda1
make sure there is a space between mount and /dev/sda1. mount command is always sudo mount.

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Re: sda1 usb mount

Your right I missed the space. It sez sda1 not in etc fstab or mtab. I dont have a file etc fstab or mtab?

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Re: sda1 usb mount

do
cat /etc/fstab
and paste the out put here.
do same with
cat /etc/mtab

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Re: sda1 usb mount

/dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw 0 0
varrun /var/run tmpfs rw 0 0
varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
lrm /lib/modules/2.6.15-27-386/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 nouser,defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
/dev/sda1 <mount\040point> ext2 user,noauto,atime,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

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Re: sda1 usb mount

/dev/sda1 <mount\040point> ext2 user,noauto,atime,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
looks like sda1 is the usb drive but the mount point looks screwy <mount/040point>
I've never seen that before.

try this
kdesu kate /etc/fstab
this will open the /etc/fstab in a text editor
then edit the line where /dev/sda1 is and change <mount/040point> to /media/usbdisk
save
then do
sudo mount /dev/sda1
then using konqueror navigate to /media/usbdisk

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Re: sda1 usb mount

Changed the mount point to /media/usbdisk and saved and mounted.
konsole sez no mount point /media/usbdisk. I dont know if the means something but the mount point only on that line is red. Also the mount point
/media/cdrom0 is red.

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Re: sda1 usb mount

OH yes I forgot.
do
sudo mkdir /media/usbdisk

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and then sudo mount /dev/sda1

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konsole sez dis
james@james-desktop:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

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Re: sda1 usb mount

I dont know what fs type, or bad superblock means. Should I go back to the previous <mount/040point>. dmsg I dont think has anything out of the ordinary, and what tail so means.

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Re: sda1 usb mount

/dev/sda1 <mount\040point> ext2 user,noauto,atime,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

according to your /fstab the fstype is ext2. you could try changing ext2 to auto and see if that helps. also, change the noauto to auto.

You could also comment out the line by putting a # in front of it and then type a new one that looks like the following:
/dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk ext2,ext3,vfat defaults 0 0
mind the spaces between columns!
then do
sudo mount sda1.
if that doesn't work then I don't know what else to do.