Second HD not mounted?

[jakeyboy]

Re: Second HD not mounted?

And the results are:

sudo mount =

/dev/sda1 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)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/OLD-DRIVE type ext2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)

sudo fdisk -lu =

Disk /dev/sda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders, total 160086528 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xebbcebbc

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 157067504 78533721 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 157067505 160071659 1502077+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 157067568 160071659 1502046 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x56558c65

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 301941674 150970806 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 301941675 312576704 5317515 5 Extended

[dibl]

Re: Second HD not mounted?

OK, that's not a disaster -- /dev/sdb1 should be accessible (I guess we still don't know what, if anything, is on /dev/sdb2). I don't memorize the mount options, so I'd have to look up the "nosuid, nodev" options -- is it possible those are interfering with your access to the files on it? Being the only person who uses my desktop, I typically go with "auto,users,rw,exec,noatime" on my ext3 formatted drives. BTW, I don't think "noatime" or any of the other "atime" options have any effect on ext2, since there's no journal-writing going on there.

So, is it still the case that you can see files and folders, but you can't write to it? Can you copy a file from it?

I would recommend changing the /etc/fstab options to the ones that I use (you can always change them back -- this won't risk anything) and then

sudo mount -a

to remount it with the new options.

Then, if you still can't write to it, you are down to a permissions issue, and since Konqueror and Dolphin aren't playing nice, I'd say

sudo apt-get install krusader

and use the red krusader in KMenu>System to change the permission on everything on that drive to your user and his group. Don't forget to "apply to subdirectories and files" so the permission change goes all the way down the file hierarchy on that drive. Again, this does not present a risk to your data. Although, I must say, running it on an ext2 filesystem is not the world's most reliable method -- I do hope you've made backups recently.

[jakeyboy]

Re: Second HD not mounted?

Thanks dibl, I'll get back to you a little later, well, tomorrow actually. Got to go to work tonight! Thanks for your assistance as always!.............................