I cannot mount external USB 500GB-ext4 disk

[Old-Polack]

The command mount returns:

Code:

/dev/loop0 on / type defaults (rw,0)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,mode=1777)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint type vmblock (rw)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
/dev/sdg1 on /media/KINGSTON 2G type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=999,utf8,shortname=mixed,flush)
/dev/sdh1 on /media/Lacie_500 type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev)

KINGSTON 2G is my USB pendrive to save the text.

OK, the last line shows /dev/sdh1, which is definitely a partition. Now try the command fdisk -l /dev/sdh and post the result.

[diamond_gr]

df command

In PCLOS I get the results

Code:

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1              20G  3,8G   15G  21% /
/dev/sdb3             130G  122G  986M 100% /home
/dev/sda1              38G   36G  427M  99% /media/diamond

No Lacie_500 since it cannot mount it.

In openSUSE I get the results:

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Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop0             3747948   2380688   1367260  64% /
devtmpfs               1035712       288   1035424   1% /dev
tmpfs                  1035712     14380   1021332   2% /dev/shm
/dev/sdg1            480719088 455859324    440564 100% /media/Lacie_500

My directory was linux:/media/Lacie_500

[diamond_gr]

In openSUSE it was sdc and the result was:

Code:

Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 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: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table

In PCLOS the result was (sdh):

Code:

Disk /dev/sdh: 1998 MB, 1998585856 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7624 cylinders, total 3903488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3bda8f3a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdh1              32     3903487     1951728    e  W95 FAT16 (LBA)

In openSUSE I got a dolphin window with the folders but in PCLinuxOS nothing.

[Old-Polack]

In openSUSE it was sdc and the result was:

Code:

Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 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: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table

In PCLOS the result was (sdh):

Code:

Disk /dev/sdh: 1998 MB, 1998585856 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7624 cylinders, total 3903488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3bda8f3a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdh1              32     3903487     1951728    e  W95 FAT16 (LBA)

In openSUSE I got a dolphin window with the folders but in PCLinuxOS nothing.

1. The openSUSE fdisk can't see a partition either.

2. That's the pen drive you show in the PCLOS results.

3. For the moment, we're only interested in what openSUSE sees. Leave the drive connected there, until we figure out why you can mount the partition filesystem there, when it shows no actual partition, and with a filesystem that displays no proper superblock on PCLOS.

[Ferdes Fides]

May not be relevant but I have a current SUSE distro fully installed right here on a flash drive and
I'm sure it would mount...completely usable by my filemanager with some
permission problems only.

p013

[diamond_gr]

I think permissions can be solved using the command chown -R user:user .....

Unfortunately I don't have an openSUSE system installed.
Anyways, I'll search more on the net.

Will wait for help also.
Thanks

[Ferdes Fides]

I think permissions can be solved using the command chown -R user:user .....

Unfortunately I don't have an openSUSE system installed.
Anyways, I'll search more on the net.

Will wait for help also.
Thanks

Just to let you know, my SUSE drive mounted to my PCL regular system without a problem.
So if I went to root the entire drive would be mine, so it shouldn't be a proprietary problem.
Time will tell I'm sure.  Hate to hear a 500 gb'er acting up.

patrick013

[Ferdes Fides]

Hi,

Is it possible that drive is overfull ?    Moving some files might free up the mechanism

Haven't seen any other ideas about it.


regards,

patrick013