[olug] Kubuntu and floppy and external drives
Joe Gulizia
jrguliz at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 15 05:35:05 UTC 2006
Rob,
Thanks.
Here's what I got:
root at gulizia:~# script
Script started, file is typescript
root at gulizia:~# mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/volatile type
tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
/dev/hda13 on /swap type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,size=10M,mode=0755)
/dev/fd0 on /media/floppy0 type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
root at gulizia:~# mount -a
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
mount: /dev/sdb already mounted or /media/usb0 busy
root at gulizia:~# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options>
<dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3
defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid,nouser
0
1
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat
defaults,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,nouser 0 0
/dev/hda13 /swap ext3
defaults,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid,nouser 0 2
/dev/hdb1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660
user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660
user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto
,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid,user 0 0
/dev/sdb /media/usb0 ext3
,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid,nouser 0 0
root at gulizia:~# cat /etc/mtab
/dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/volatile tmpfs
rw,mode=0755 0 0
/dev/hda13 /swap ext3 rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,size=10M,mode=0755 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0
0
root at gulizia:~# fdisk /dev/usb0 #p
Unable to open /dev/usb0
root at gulizia:~# fdisk /media/usb0
You will not be able to write the partition table.
Unable to read /media/usb0
root at gulizia:~# fdisk /media/sda1
You will not be able to write the partition table.
Unable to read /media/sda1
root at gulizia:~# fdisk /media/sda
Unable to open /media/sda
root at gulizia:~# fdisk /media/sdb
Unable to open /media/sdb
root at gulizia:~# fdisk /media/sdb1
Unable to open /media/sdb1
root at gulizia:~# fdisk /media/fd0
Unable to open /media/fd0
------------------------------------------
I also tried KDE >> System Settings >> System
Administration >> Disk and Filesystems then
Click "Administrator Mode" then Password <enter>.
Next Highlighting "disabled" drive and pressing
"Enable' prompt says "An error occurred while enabling
/media/sda1" "System reported: mount: special device
/dev/sda1 does not exist" Details gave me "Return code
from mount was 32 'mount failure' "........
/media/usb0
Details gave me mount: /dev/sdb already mounted or
/media/usb0 busy
/media/floppy0 appears mounted BUT I can't get anyone
BUT root to access it.
Thanks
Joe
-------------------------------------------------------
--- Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> Have you tried accessing the floppy drive with a
> formatted floppy disk
> fully inserted in the drive?
> do not know if i could help much, but why don't you
> do the following
> at your favorite linux prompt:
>
> $ script
> $ mount
> $ mount -a
> $ cat /etc/fstab
> $ cat /etc/mtab
> $ fdisk /dev/usb0 #choose p to print out the usb
> partition table
> $ exit
>
> and attach the resulting typescript file in a
> posting.
>
> On 2/14/06, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > When I boot up (in Kubuntu) I get local filesystem
> > failed.
> >
> >
> > Also
> > when installing Debian on the other Hard Drive I
> get
> > "Drives not mounted" then "no filesystem type
> found"
> > then
> > "You need to designate the filesystem type first."
> >
> > How should these drives be formatted to be
> > readable....VFAT, Ext3, Ext2, etc.
> >
> > HELP!
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > PS I know this....
> >
> > I'm running Kubuntu 5.10 and I cannot access the
> > floppy drive or either external hard drives (WD 60
> Gig
> > HD and SimpleTouch 160 Gig HD).
> >
> > Here's what I know so far....
> >
> > drwxr-xr-x 7 joe root 4096 Feb 2 19:51 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Jan 29 15:56 ..
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root users 6 Jan 29 14:00 cdrom
> > cdrom0
> > drwxrwx--- 2 root users 4096 Jan 29 14:00 cdrom0
> > drwxrwx--- 2 root users 4096 Jan 29 14:00 cdrom1
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root users 7 Jan 29 14:00 floppy
> > floppy0
> > drwxrwx--- 2 root users 4096 Jan 29 14:00
> floppy0
> > drwxrwx--- 2 root users 4096 Jan 29 14:00 sda1
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4 Jan 29 14:00 usb
> usb0
> > drwxrwx--- 2 root users 4096 Jan 29 14:00 usb0
> >
> > I also cannot find them in "System" >> "Storage
> Media"
> > when I'm running as a normal user. Do I need to
> > change owner using "chown"?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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