Newbie USB thumb drive problem in FC5-PPC test 3.

[Brian Durant]

I am trying to mount my USB thumb drive. Here is my fstab:

LABEL=/1                /                       ext3    defaults
1 1
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620
0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults
0 0
LABEL=/home1            /home                   ext3    defaults
1 2
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults
0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults
0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda4         swap                    swap    defaults
0 0
/dev/sdc1               /mnt/usbdrive           auto
defaults,users.noauto 0 0

I have created "/mnt/usbdrive" and "/dev/sdc" is listed in system
->
administration -> hardware. The drive is listed as "fat16" I have also
tried in the terminal:

$ sudo mount fat /dev/sdc
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
$ sudo mount fat16 /dev/sdc
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

I have tried to mount my HFS+ partition on my second SATA drive with the
same result, when I used "hfsplus" as fs type. Anyone have any ideas?

Cheers,

Brian

[Paul Nasrat]

On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 20:15 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>  I am trying to mount my USB thumb drive. Here is my fstab: 
>  I have created "/mnt/usbdrive" and "/dev/sdc" is
> listed in system ->
>  administration -> hardware. The drive is listed as "fat16" I have also
>  tried in the terminal:
>  
>  $ sudo mount fat /dev/sdc
>  mount: you must specify the filesystem type 
mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /mnt/usbdrive

Note if it's a partition rather than a full drive image you'd
need /dev/sdc1 for partition 1.  cat /proc/partitions or parted /dev/sdc
print to check (fdisk won't understand Mac disk labels)

>  I have tried to mount my HFS+ partition on my second SATA drive with
> the
>  same result, when I used "hfsplus" as fs type. Anyone have any ideas? 
mount -t hfsplus /dev/... /mnt/somewhere

If things aren't working it's likely to be hal/udev/gnome-user-mount
fun.

Paul

[Brian Durant]

Paul Nasrat wrote:
>  On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 20:15 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>  
> >I am trying to mount my USB thumb drive. Here is my fstab:
>  
>  
> >I have created "/mnt/usbdrive" and "/dev/sdc" is listed in system
> ->
> >administration -> hardware. The drive is listed as "fat16" I have also
> >tried in the terminal:
> >
> >$ sudo mount fat /dev/sdc
> >mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>  
>  
>  mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /mnt/usbdrive
>  
>  Note if it's a partition rather than a full drive image you'd
>  need /dev/sdc1 for partition 1.  cat /proc/partitions or parted /dev/sdc
>  print to check (fdisk won't understand Mac disk labels)
>  
>  
> >I have tried to mount my HFS+ partition on my second SATA drive with the
> >same result, when I used "hfsplus" as fs type. Anyone have any ideas?
>  
>  
>  mount -t hfsplus /dev/... /mnt/somewhere
>  
>  If things aren't working it's likely to be hal/udev/gnome-user-mount
>  fun.
>  
>  Paul 
I'm getting errors from hal at boot, but don't know what logs to dig 
into or where they reside.

Cheers,

Brian

[Paul Nasrat]

On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 22:58 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>  Paul Nasrat wrote:
>  > On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 20:15 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>  > 
>  >>I am trying to mount my USB thumb drive. Here is my fstab:
>  >
>  > If things aren't working it's likely to be hal/udev/gnome-user-mount
>  > fun. 
>  I'm getting errors from hal at boot, but don't know what logs
> to dig 
>  into or where they reside. 
Should be filed in bugzilla.redhat.com

Paul

[Brian Durant]

Paul Nasrat wrote:
>  On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 20:15 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>  
> >I am trying to mount my USB thumb drive. Here is my fstab:
>  
>  
> >I have created "/mnt/usbdrive" and "/dev/sdc" is listed in system
> ->
> >administration -> hardware. The drive is listed as "fat16" I have also
> >tried in the terminal:
> >
> >$ sudo mount fat /dev/sdc
> >mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>  
>  
>  mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /mnt/usbdrive
>  
>  Note if it's a partition rather than a full drive image you'd
>  need /dev/sdc1 for partition 1.  cat /proc/partitions or parted /dev/sdc
>  print to check (fdisk won't understand Mac disk labels)
>  
>  
> >I have tried to mount my HFS+ partition on my second SATA drive with the
> >same result, when I used "hfsplus" as fs type. Anyone have any ideas?
>  
>  
>  mount -t hfsplus /dev/... /mnt/somewhere
>  
>  If things aren't working it's likely to be hal/udev/gnome-user-mount
>  fun.
>  
>  Paul 
Hmmm. Now I don't seem to be getting a hal error anymore. 'sudo mount -t 
vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrive" got the USB drive mounted on the desktop. 
However, when I tried to save a copy of the errors when I tried to mount 
my hfs+ drive in gedit, I got the following message:

"Could not save the file /mnt/usbdrive/mount_hfsplus.txt

You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please, 
check that you typed the location correctly and try again."

I had to do a "sudo gedit" before I could save the text. Here is what I 
got from trying to mount my hfs+ sata hd #2:

"$ sudo mkdir /mnt/osx
$ sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdb3 /mnt/osx
mount: block device /dev/sdb3 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: cannot mount block device /dev/sdb3 read-only"

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Brian

[Paul Nasrat]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 00:20 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>  Paul Nasrat wrote:
>  > On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 20:15 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: 
>  Hmmm. Now I don't seem to be getting a hal error anymore.
> 'sudo mount -t 
>  vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrive" got the USB drive mounted on the desktop.  
That's circumventing the automount stuff.

>  However, when I tried to save a copy of the errors when I tried to
> mount 
>  my hfs+ drive in gedit, I got the following message:
>  
>  "Could not save the file /mnt/usbdrive/mount_hfsplus.txt
>  
>  You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please, 
>  check that you typed the location correctly and try again." 
This is as you've mounted it as root, really this should be being
automounted and your user would be able to write- please file the bugs
against the relevant components.  Bugs on lists may not be seen by the
appropriate engineers.

Either that or it needs a fsck - check dmesg.

>  I had to do a "sudo gedit" before I could save the text.
> Here is what I 
>  got from trying to mount my hfs+ sata hd #2:
>  
>  "$ sudo mkdir /mnt/osx
>  $ sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdb3 /mnt/osx
>  mount: block device /dev/sdb3 is write-protected, mounting read-only
>  mount: cannot mount block device /dev/sdb3 read-only" 
>  Any ideas? 
Check dmesg, it may need a fsck.

Paul