Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

New user installation issues

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 2
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 template Next
    #1

    New user installation issues

    Hello, Thank You, Very Happy to be here. My Name is Intrepid and i have a problem, i am a windows user. I know it is terrible but i am trying to change my ways ..... lmao

    Sorry i couldn't resist.

    I have wanted to install ubuntu for quite some time now and when i saw a version of kubuntu running i decided i was gonna try it out.

    My first go with the live cd resulted in less than satisfactory feelings. boot off of the live cd to install and it doesn't see any drives - doh! strike one - back to windows
    Did some research on the problem and it seemed that it didn't like my motherboard adn tried a few work arounds and still no joy.
    Then i read about a BIOS update that was supposed to fix it so that i could use my system to run it so off i went again to update the BIOS - Done

    repartition my 2 36 gig raptor stripe array, create 2 partitions and install windows in c: and leave the D; drive unformatted
    Install kubuntu 7.10 - sees my drives but not correctly . i had 2 36 gig raptors in a stripe and it seen them as 2 36 gig drives. bite the bullet and break the array
    Install windows again in drive C lets call it raptor 1
    install kubuntu in raptor 2

    when i get into kubuntu and open dolphin i see all of my drives that are connected which are 2 250 gig sata drives and a 60 gig usb drive

    when i try to mount any of the drives i get a error saying hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 1000

    i read a bit and found that if i go onto the properties of the usb drive and uncheck mount as user it becomes mountable and is good to go

    when it comes to my fixed disks thou i have no success.
    what do i have to do to make these drives mountable ?

    here are my system specs :
    P4 2.4 C
    2 gigs mushkin DDR500
    2 36 gig raptors
    2 250 gig sata HDs
    Ati X800
    Ati TV Wonder
    Soundblaster Audigy

    In Dolphin i see the drives labeled as
    35 gig Media sdd1 - root
    37 Gig Media sdc1 - Windows Drive
    Multimedia - sdb1 ( one of my 250 gig NTFS drives)
    Storage - sda1 (the other one of my 250 gig NTFS drives)

    here is the fstab



    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
    #
    # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
    # /dev/sdb1
    UUID=26afd579-4071-4fcb-9f1c-f7723e1da13f / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
    # /dev/sdb5
    UUID=1542517c-6502-491e-8c54-649f591841dc none swap sw 0 0
    /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
    /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0


    i hope this is enough info for someone to help me with this. and if you do reply please try to dumb things down for me as i know about half a dozen linux commands so to do even the simplest of tasks is sorta monumental

    Thanks
    Tags: None
    • Top
    • Bottom
    #2
    Re: New user installation issues

    Lots of info, lots of questions. But welcome to the madhouse

    It appears that you inadvertently installed kubuntu onto one of your 250GB hard disks. The fstab states:
    # /dev/sdb1
    UUID=26afd579-4071-4fcb-9f1c-f7723e1da13f / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
    of which, for the time being, only the / is of any interest to us. / = root, but you may have learned this on your linux travels. So what you term your multimedia appears to be in fact kubuntu.

    To prevent any further confusion I would be grateful if you could post the output of
    sudo fdisk -l
    This will tell us all about your disks.

    And well done for escaping from the MS dependency!
    Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
    • Top
    • Bottom

    Comment

      #3
      Re: New user installation issues

      Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
      255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
      Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0xa2000e66

      Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
      /dev/sda1 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS

      Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
      255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
      Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0x95b495b4

      Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
      /dev/sdb1 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS

      Disk /dev/sdc: 37.0 GB, 37019566080 bytes
      255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4500 cylinders
      Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0xa99aa99a

      Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
      /dev/sdc1 * 1 4499 36138186 7 HPFS/NTFS

      Disk /dev/sdd: 37.0 GB, 37019566080 bytes
      255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4500 cylinders
      Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0x7c91056d

      Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
      /dev/sdd1 * 1 4310 34620043+ 83 Linux
      /dev/sdd2 4311 4500 1526175 5 Extended
      /dev/sdd5 4311 4500 1526143+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

      Disk /dev/sde: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
      255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
      Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0xdabedabe

      Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
      /dev/sde1 1 7295 58597056 7 HPFS/NTFS

      I know i didn't install to the 250 gig drives on account i had them unplugged when i did the install so as not to loose any data inadvertanly
      here is the fdisk info
      • Top
      • Bottom

      Comment

        #4
        Re: New user installation issues

        Thank you, forget what I said earlier, somehow your fstab does not agree with the output from fdisk -l (which confirms what you said). Could you, just for safety's sake, post the output of
        cat /etc/fstab
        Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
        • Top
        • Bottom

        Comment

          #5
          Re: New user installation issues

          # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
          #
          # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
          proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
          # /dev/sdb1
          UUID=26afd579-4071-4fcb-9f1c-f7723e1da13f / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
          # /dev/sdb5
          UUID=1542517c-6502-491e-8c54-649f591841dc none swap sw 0 0
          /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
          /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0
          • Top
          • Bottom

          Comment

            #6
            Re: New user installation issues

            Yep, that's all messed up.

            Your system is installed on sdd1, with swap on sdd5, according to fdisk. But, since you are mounting by UUID, it's a little difficult to tell for sure whether the UUIDs match the alleged device numbers above them, or not. In a Konsole window, run
            Code:
            sudo blkid
            and post the output, so we can see who's telling the truth, fdisk or fstab.
            • Top
            • Bottom

            Comment

              #7
              Re: New user installation issues

              Sorry I made you do it twice, but your fstab didn't make any sense to me. And it still doesn't. I assume you did get it both outputs (fdisk -l and fstab) from your running kubuntu system rather than the live CD?

              If so, I'm stumped for tonight. Plenty left for others to ponder over...
              Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
              • Top
              • Bottom

              Comment

                #8
                Re: New user installation issues

                /dev/sda1: UUID="2846B03E46B00F16" TYPE="ntfs" LABEL="Storage"
                /dev/sdb1: UUID="50B0005FB0004E42" LABEL="Multimedia" TYPE="ntfs"
                /dev/sdc1: UUID="2CB8462EB845F73C" LABEL="New Volume" TYPE="ntfs"
                /dev/sdd1: UUID="26afd579-4071-4fcb-9f1c-f7723e1da13f" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
                /dev/sdd5: TYPE="swap" UUID="1542517c-6502-491e-8c54-649f591841dc"
                /dev/sde1: UUID="1630771F30770551" LABEL="New Volume" TYPE="ntfs"
                • Top
                • Bottom

                Comment

                  #9
                  Re: New user installation issues

                  Oh and no i am not running off of the live cd.

                  i didn't really want to screw around with fstab on my own cause you know as well as i do what would happen - murphy isn't exactly my friend lol , BTW thanks for all you help so far
                  • Top
                  • Bottom

                  Comment

                    #10
                    Re: New user installation issues

                    Interesting -- well, fdisk wins the contest! The /dev/sxx designations in /etc/fstab are wrong, but the UUIDs are correct.

                    So, your Linux system is functioning, but your NTFS drives aren't mounting automatically?

                    Open the Konsole, and do the following series of commands to make new mount points in your /media directory:

                    Code:
                    sudo mkdir /media/STORAGE
                    Code:
                    sudo mkdir /media/MULTIMEDIA
                    Code:
                    sudo mkdir /media/NEWVOLUME1
                    Code:
                    sudo mkdir /media/NEWVOLUME2

                    Next, since you have the Konsole open, enter
                    Code:
                    kdesu kate /etc/fstab
                    and edit the fstab file as follows (i.e. insert the red stuff):

                    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
                    #
                    # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
                    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
                    # /dev/sdb1
                    UUID=26afd579-4071-4fcb-9f1c-f7723e1da13f / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
                    UUID=2846B03E46B00F16 /media/STORAGE ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
                    UUID=50B0005FB0004E42 /media/MULTIMEDIA ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
                    UUID=2CB8462EB845F73C /media/NEWVOLUME1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
                    UUID=1630771F30770551 /media/NEWVOLUME2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
                    # /dev/sdb5
                    UUID=1542517c-6502-491e-8c54-649f591841dc none swap sw 0 0
                    /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
                    /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

                    Do "File>Save", close kate, and reboot your system. You should get a better result.


                    • Top
                    • Bottom

                    Comment

                      #11
                      Re: New user installation issues

                      K We are good thank you guys 8)
                      • Top
                      • Bottom

                      Comment

                        #12
                        Re: New user installation issues

                        8)

                        Enjoy!
                        • Top
                        • Bottom

                        Comment

                          #13
                          Re: New user installation issues

                          Did you per chance switch the drives around after the initial install? I'm still stumped as to how this could have happened...
                          Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
                          • Top
                          • Bottom

                          Comment

                            #14
                            Re: New user installation issues

                            Actually what happened was i tried to install it in a partition on a raid array. and it just didn't want to install there so i unplugged my 2 250 gig drives and installed to one of my raptor while having the other raptor attached to the machine with windows installed on it.
                            I then plugged in the 2 250 gig drives (didn't want to make a mistake and loose all of my data).

                            None of the drives were moved or configured differently, was honestly a matter of unplugging the data cables.
                            • Top
                            • Bottom

                            Comment

                              #15
                              Re: New user installation issues

                              Ah - all makes sense now 8)
                              Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
                              • Top
                              • Bottom

                              Comment

                              Previous 1 2 template Next
                              Working...
                              X