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mounting and using an external drive....Solved
Hi The last post gave good directions. Thanks all for the assist.
I have a Segate desk 1 tb external drive.
I accidentally started to install mint on it.
It was totally formatted and erased.
Now I used GPARTED to install a partition starting with FAT32 and then EXT4 on advice.
I now can find the drive on the desktop and in the system list.
I find I cannot use it because the messages say you do not have authority to change any thing the drive is "Red only" and I have not found any way to change it.
I have a very knowledgeable friend in Ireland but long distance we cannot seem to find a way to access the drive.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have a Segate desk 1 tb external drive.
I accidentally started to install mint on it.
It was totally formatted and erased.
Now I used GPARTED to install a partition starting with FAT32 and then EXT4 on advice.
I now can find the drive on the desktop and in the system list.
I find I cannot use it because the messages say you do not have authority to change any thing the drive is "Red only" and I have not found any way to change it.
I have a very knowledgeable friend in Ireland but long distance we cannot seem to find a way to access the drive.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: mounting and using an external drive
Going from memory here, but have you tried right clicking on the drive icon>properties>permissions, and seeing that users can read and write?
Re: mounting and using an external drive
Hi
Thanks for your interest.
Yes I did many times.
The permissions show ROOT as the owner. but never a window for a password.
Messages like "You are not the owner"
The boot up diagnostics show the drive has no problems.
Thanks for your interest.
Yes I did many times.
The permissions show ROOT as the owner. but never a window for a password.
Messages like "You are not the owner"
The boot up diagnostics show the drive has no problems.
Re: mounting and using an external drive
Determine the volume's mount point, e.g. '/media/dkwflight/drive' using this command:
Then change the owner of the volume using this command:
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lsblk
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sudo chown $USER:$USER /media/dkwflight/drive
Re: mounting and using an external drive
Hi
I tried the commands using the correct name and it did not work.
I still do not own the drive.
I tried the commands using the correct name and it did not work.
I still do not own the drive.
Re: mounting and using an external drive
What was the output of the second command?dkwflight wrote:Hi
I tried the commands using the correct name and it did not work.
I still do not own the drive.
What is the output now of:
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stat /path/to/mountpoint
Re: mounting and using an external drive
did not succeed.Habitual wrote:mount your removable media the EASY way
I must have not done something right.
I will try again later.
Thanks
Dennis
Re: mounting and using an external drive
2 partitions - one FAT32 and another EXT4? Or you created 1 FAT32 partition and then reformatted to EXT4?dkwflight wrote:Now I used GPARTED to install a partition starting with FAT32 and then EXT4 on advice.
Where is the drive mounted? What is it's mount point?I find I cannot use it because the messages say you do not have authority to change any thing the drive is "Red only" and I have not found any way to change it.
If you don't know then with the drive inserted post the output of this command:
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mount
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sudo blkid -c /dev/null
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cat /etc/fstab
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Re: mounting and using an external drive
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dennis)
/dev/sdf1 on /media/dennis/usb type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2)
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
[sudo] password for dennis:
/dev/sda1: UUID="c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2" TYPE="swap"
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results
/dev/sdf1: LABEL="usb" UUID="6bf055c7-0ff4-45a5-b170-6e12fc8bcba3" TYPE="ext4"
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sde1 during installation
UUID=c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sde5 during installation
UUID=388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2 none swap sw 0 0
When I right click on the usb drive I get the usual window from "Permissions"
But then it says when I try to set share permissions , It say you cannot , you do not own the usb drive.
Thanks for your help
Dennis.
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dennis)
/dev/sdf1 on /media/dennis/usb type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2)
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
[sudo] password for dennis:
/dev/sda1: UUID="c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2" TYPE="swap"
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results
/dev/sdf1: LABEL="usb" UUID="6bf055c7-0ff4-45a5-b170-6e12fc8bcba3" TYPE="ext4"
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sde1 during installation
UUID=c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sde5 during installation
UUID=388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2 none swap sw 0 0
When I right click on the usb drive I get the usual window from "Permissions"
But then it says when I try to set share permissions , It say you cannot , you do not own the usb drive.
Thanks for your help
Dennis.
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $
Re: mounting and using an external drive
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dennis)
/dev/sdf1 on /media/dennis/usb type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2)
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
[sudo] password for dennis:
/dev/sda1: UUID="c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2" TYPE="swap"
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results
/dev/sdf1: LABEL="usb" UUID="6bf055c7-0ff4-45a5-b170-6e12fc8bcba3" TYPE="ext4"
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sde1 during installation
UUID=c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sde5 during installation
UUID=388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2 none swap sw 0 0
When I right click on the usb drive I get the usual window from "Permissions"
But then it says when I try to set share permissions , It say you cannot , you do not own the usb drive.
Thanks for your help
Dennis.
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dennis)
/dev/sdf1 on /media/dennis/usb type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2)
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
[sudo] password for dennis:
/dev/sda1: UUID="c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2" TYPE="swap"
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results
/dev/sdf1: LABEL="usb" UUID="6bf055c7-0ff4-45a5-b170-6e12fc8bcba3" TYPE="ext4"
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sde1 during installation
UUID=c6f6ee3b-f815-43fb-a044-1d7f055242f8 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sde5 during installation
UUID=388bb0ee-18b6-41b3-af8e-50208035c1a2 none swap sw 0 0
When I right click on the usb drive I get the usual window from "Permissions"
But then it says when I try to set share permissions , It say you cannot , you do not own the usb drive.
Thanks for your help
Dennis.
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $
Re: mounting and using an external drive
Seems to me Buzzsaw pretty much nailed it. If you want it specific to your device:/dev/sdf1: LABEL="usb" UUID="6bf055c7-0ff4-45a5-b170-6e12fc8bcba3" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdf1 on /media/dennis/usb type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2)
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sudo chown dennis:dennis /media/dennis/usb
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gksu nemo /media/dennis
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Re: mounting and using an external drive
Hi
A red bad saying elevated permissions showed up.
I right clicked on USB and added permissions a nd set up share..
This seems to be the job done.
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ sudo chown dennis:dennis /media/dennis/usb
[sudo] password for dennis:
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ gksu nemo /media/dennis
I will now reboot and check again
Thanks
A red bad saying elevated permissions showed up.
I right clicked on USB and added permissions a nd set up share..
This seems to be the job done.
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ sudo chown dennis:dennis /media/dennis/usb
[sudo] password for dennis:
dennis@dennis-KJ396AA-ABA-m8457c ~ $ gksu nemo /media/dennis
I will now reboot and check again
Thanks