I have a little problem, and I am not getting anywhere. In kubuntu 11 using Dolphin, I selected a partition drive called TV and unmounted it. Since then I have not been able to see it or get it back.
TV was the label for partition sdb5. Here are the steps that I have taken: peterm@kubuntu-pm:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for peterm: [sda stuff removed] Disk /dev/sdb: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 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: 0x0009aa21 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 1275 10241406 b W95 FAT32 /dev/sdb2 1276 2434 9309667+ 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 1276 2434 9309636 b W95 FAT32 peterm@kubuntu-pm:~$ ---> sdb1 is ok. Gparted shows it as having mount point /media/disk2data ---> which is what it is called. ---> Sdb5 has the label TV but I cannot find it. --> Proposed instruction is mount -t fat32 /dev/sdb5 /mnt --> it didn't like that I had to use vfat, not fat32. --> mount shows: peterm@kubuntu-pm:~$ mount /dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) 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) none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) /dev/sda7 on /home type ext4 (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /media/Disk2Data type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,uid=1000) /dev/sdb5 on /mnt type vfat (rw) peterm@kubuntu-pm:~$ --> so it is there, but not in the same format as disk2data --> Dolphin now finds the contents of this disk under root/mnt. How do I --> get it back to showing as TV? Try umount mnt followed by mount -t fat32 /dev/sdb5 /media/TV peterm@kubuntu-pm:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /media/TV mount: mount point /media/TV does not exist --> what next? Ask the lug. and then I'll worry about the properties. Thanks for any help. Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-06-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
