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Plugged my external drive in to retrieve some data and got the following:
An error occurred while accessing 'My Book', the system responded: The requested operation has failed.: Requested filesystem type is neither well-known nor in /proc/filesystems nor in /etc/filesystems
I actually don't remember if I formatted the drive on Windows or Mac, working at a help desk I've had to use it on various computers and it may have been either system. Anyway to resolve this without taking it to another computer?
To expand on the previous post, you can use "file --special-files" (or "file -s") to determine a lot about a mystery filesystem. The "file" command knows about a lot more things than the kernel.
Code:
file -s /dev/sdb
The output should include "boot sector", and "partitions", if the disk has recognized partitions. If it does, then
Code:
file -s /dev/sdb1
Will make an educated guess about what filesystem lives in the partition. (This is different from "fdisk -l", which reports the partition type code.)
Hey guys, this gave me enough information to solve it. Once mounted from the commandline, I was able to copy everything (also from the commandline). So much for expecting KDE to do it all for me =P
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