OK, I rebooted, went to PCC, and when I clicked Manage Partitions it waited a few seconds and then CLOSED with a message box saying "This program has closed abnormally." I tried to close PCC and try again and got the same message EVERY time. And now my other external HD won't mount! I get this error message when I try to access it:An error occurred while accessing 'MyBook', the system responded: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.PermissionDenied: Device /dev/sdd1 is listed in /etc/fstab. Refusing to mount. I'm back to believing that this is a OS failure that started with the last upgrade. Is there any way I can go back to an earlier kernel? WHAT THE HECK DO I DO NOW?
Reboot with the external drive
attached. Open a
terminal, su to
root, then enter;
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l <Enter>
Check to see which drive designation the external drive shows. If fdisk can see the drive with the first command, it should be able to partition the drive. Try;
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk /dev/sdx <Enter>
replace
x with the actual drive letter from the first command. When fdisk opens, type
m to see the command
menu, and press the <
Enter> key. It should look like this;
Note: All command letters are followed by pressing the Enter key, so I'll only show <Enter> when it's needed to accept the default option being offeredCommand (m for help): mCommand action
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit bsd disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
d delete a partition
l list known partition types
m print this menu
n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS partition table
p print the partition table
q quit without saving changes
s create a new empty Sun disklabel
t change a partition's system id
u change display/entry units
v verify the partition table
w write table to disk and exit
x extra functionality (experts only)
Each command is a single letter. Next do the following;
Command (m for help): oBuilding a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x44131c9c.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
Command (m for help): nCommand action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
pPartition number (1-4, default 1):
1First sector (2048-1465149167, default 2048): <Enter>
<-- to accept the defaultUsing default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-1465149167, default 1465149167):
+100GCommand (m for help): pDisk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 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: 0x44131c9c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 209717247 104857600 83 Linux
Command (m for help): wAt which point you will write the new partition table to the drive, and exit fdisk. Next format the new partition with an ext3 filesystem.
[root@localhost ~]# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdx1 <Enter>
Again, replace
x with the
correct drive letter. Make a new directory named
here in the
/mnt directory, with the next command.
[root@localhost ~]# mkdir -p /mnt/here <Enter>
Mount the new partition with;
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/here <Enter>
Check the mount with;
[root@localhost ~]# ls -l /mnt/here <Enter>
If the only thing listed is a directory named
lost+found the whole process has worked correctly up to that point. To give
ownership of that partition to your
normal user;
[root@localhost ~]# chown -R <user>:<user> /mnt/here <Enter>
Replace
<user> with your own real normal user name. Open dolphin,
copy a file in your
~/ directory, then navigate to
/mnt/here and
paste the file there. If that works you are in business. You can then create more partitions, and format them the same way. Create new mount point directories wherever you like for your partitions, and create entries for each in your
/etc/fstab. If you need help with that part, just ask.
