Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Balky mounting of external devices
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:07:23PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > In that case, you have a different situation since there is clearly a > partition on the disk. The partition table may be slightly faulty, hence > the need for fdisk. Recreating the partition table with fdisk should fix > that permanently. I thought about this, and decided not to. This is how the phone set up the mini-SD card. If I change things, then I don't know how the phone would react. The main concern is that it work properly in the phone. I can work around its idiosyncrasies in linux whenever I need to transfer photos off the phone, or other stuff to the phone. -- Walter Dnes
Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Balky mounting of external devices
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:38:45 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 09:21:50PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > > > This came up recently with a different subject. Your device does not > > have a partition table, instead the filesystem occupies the whole > > device (sometimes referred to as a "superfloppy" format). There's > > nothing wrong with this, I have a couple of USB sticks like it, and > > my Nexus S is the same. > > > > Your automounter should still pick it up. > > I don't use an automounter. I like to be in control of what gets > mounted when. Then use an intelligent automounter, that only mounts things you want it to and lets you make choices about the rest :) > Thanks for the explanation. With it in mind I've finally > come up with a plan that works. > In /etc/sudoers.d/001 I've included... > > waltdnesi3 = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc > > And there's an entry for a vfat device in /etc/fstab for directory > /mnt/extc. The command "/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" seems to read in the > partition table into the system and things work from there on in. fdisk > only works as root, hence the sudo command. Here's a sample session... > > === > waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc > mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist > waltdnes@i3 ~ $ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc > > Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16012804096 bytes > 256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1939 cylinders, total 31275008 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: 0x > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 *20483127500715636480c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc > waltdnes@i3 ~ $ > === In that case, you have a different situation since there is clearly a partition on the disk. The partition table may be slightly faulty, hence the need for fdisk. Recreating the partition table with fdisk should fix that permanently. -- Neil Bothwick Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Balky mounting of external devices
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 09:21:50PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > This came up recently with a different subject. Your device does not have > a partition table, instead the filesystem occupies the whole device > (sometimes referred to as a "superfloppy" format). There's nothing wrong > with this, I have a couple of USB sticks like it, and my Nexus S is the > same. > > Your automounter should still pick it up. I don't use an automounter. I like to be in control of what gets mounted when. Thanks for the explanation. With it in mind I've finally come up with a plan that works. In /etc/sudoers.d/001 I've included... waltdnesi3 = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc And there's an entry for a vfat device in /etc/fstab for directory /mnt/extc. The command "/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" seems to read in the partition table into the system and things work from there on in. fdisk only works as root, hence the sudo command. Here's a sample session... === waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist waltdnes@i3 ~ $ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16012804096 bytes 256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1939 cylinders, total 31275008 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: 0x Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 *20483127500715636480c W95 FAT32 (LBA) waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc waltdnes@i3 ~ $ === The mount after "sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" is successful. So all I need is a short script "~/bin/mntc" like so... #!/bin/bash sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc mount /mnt/extc -- Walter Dnes
