[SOLVED] No File in External Hard Drives

rody · 02-04-2011, 04:51 PM

Hi there
My file in (LG External Hard Drives ) is invisible but on windows the file is not hidden

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Richard Cranium · 02-04-2011, 05:50 PM

Yep, that's what it looks like.

Did you have a question of some sort or just reporting an observation?

rody · 02-04-2011, 07:03 PM

i need solution to this problem man !!!!!!!!!

Ilgar · 02-04-2011, 07:13 PM

rody you must give more details. For example, what is the filesystem on the disk (ntfs, fat32?). There is only one partition, right (the output of fdisk -l might help)? Also make sure there are no permission problems (that is, the mounted device should be readable to the user).

rody · 02-04-2011, 07:25 PM

file system is fat32
one partition
fdisk give me

Quote:

root@slackware ~> fdisk

Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks

Options:
-b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
-c switch off DOS-compatible mode
-h print help
-u <size> give sizes in sectors instead of cylinders
-v print version
-C <number> specify the number of cylinders
-H <number> specify the number of heads
-S <number> specify the number of sectors per track

what i must do to check permission ؟؟

stress_junkie · 02-04-2011, 07:34 PM

Ilgar said fdisk -l, not fdisk.

Code:

fdisk -l

All the same that is not the issue. Clearly the file system is mounted or you would not be able to see that 94 GB is used.

You should open the file browser then click on the word View in the top of the window. Then click on "Show Hidden Files".

What do you see when you are running Windows? If the file name begins with a period then that is considered a hidden file in Linux.

rody · 02-04-2011, 07:48 PM

Quote:

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 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: 0x000de7f7

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 8997 72268371 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 8998 9729 5879790 82 Linux swap

Disk /dev/sdc: 4043 MB, 4043309056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 491 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: 0x00000001

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 490 3935893+ b W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/sdd: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 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: 0xa5171895

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 38913 312568641 7 HPFS/NTFS
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on arch and fedora the file is not Hidden

stress_junkie · 02-04-2011, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rody

on arch and fedora the file is not Hidden

Nevertheless does the file name begin with a period? It is possible that on Arch and Fedora the default view in a file browser is to show hidden files.

rody · 02-04-2011, 08:01 PM

im make show hidden files.but there is no file

and there is no period on the file name

Ilgar · 02-05-2011, 03:52 AM

Yes I've realized that the disk appears mounted but wanted to make sure it's the correct device. Could you repeat this under XFCE using Thunar? Maybe there is something broken in the Gnome build (and since it's not included in stock Slackware I cannot test it here). To avoid permission problems login as the root user to XFCE, then tell us what you see in Thunar. If it doesn't work then please copy the output of

cat /etc/mtab

(I doubt that there will be anything useful in it, but I'm out of ideas really).

rody · 02-05-2011, 04:35 AM

thanks dude
on xfce is work fine and file is not hidden

what i must do to make it work on gnome

??

rody · 02-05-2011, 04:40 AM

after back to gnome the hdd work and file not hidden ^________^

what happen here ????

Ilgar · 02-05-2011, 04:54 AM

Hmm I don't know whether Gnome Slackbuild installs or modifies automount related software. Thunar seems to mount the device correctly and I suspect Gnome (or its file manager) does not. If you unmount and mount the device in Gnome, do you see the files? I guess you won't be able to. You probably saw the files in Gnome because the disk was already mounted (correctly) by Thunar beforehand.

So if that's the case, then this is a Gnome Slackbuild problem and I don't know much about GSB. You could try using Thunar under Gnome, it will probably work.

rody · 02-05-2011, 05:02 AM

after unmount and mount the device in Gnome i did not see any file

Quote:

You probably saw the files in Gnome because the disk was already mounted (correctly) by Thunar beforehand

that is right

i will install Thunar and try

thanks man

Ilgar · 02-05-2011, 05:31 AM

You don't need to install it -- it comes with XFCE already (it is the default file manager for XFCE). If possible, you can try changing the default file manager in gnome to Thunar.