USB HDD Mounting Problem "/dev/sda5 found in /etc/fstab"

zcapx32 · 06-29-2006, 10:10 AM

I have installed Suse 10.1 on my laptop and was able to automatically mount my 80gb usb hdd. I then changed my desktop so that it could run Xgl on SUSE 10.1 for Gnome using the novell guide

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Now when i plug in my usb hdd it wont allow me to access it and just comes up with the following error: "/dev/sda5 found in /etc/fstab"

I have no idea what this means or how to fix it, can anyone help? thanks

p.s. I have only been using linux about 1 week now!

aroche · 06-29-2006, 11:40 AM

Hi

Ok from my reading it appears that you are having problems just mounting a USB hard disk, try this in a konsole window either in gnome or kde,

mkdir /mnt/tmp (enter)

mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/tmp (enter)

ls /mnt/tmp (enter)

If you cant see your files after completing the ls /mnt/tmp type "dmesg" with out the " and copy and paste the results here and also any errors you receive on screen.

Can you also disconnect the USB drive and reconnect and give it a few seconds 20 should do and type "dmesg" again.

aroche · 06-29-2006, 11:40 AM

Sorry make sure you run this as root

su (enter)

type your password and go for it.

zcapx32 · 06-29-2006, 11:47 AM

cheers, it works fine as long as i mount it using "mount /dev/sda5"

just weird that it wont automatically mount any more

aroche · 06-29-2006, 11:51 AM

check your fstab

cat /etc/fstab

this is the file that linux uses to mount disks on startup

you could add your sda5 on startup so it gets mounted everytime.

x86processor · 06-30-2006, 02:55 AM

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just weird that it wont automatically mount any more

You can check your /etc/udev/udev.rules script for automounts.