I am really desperate to backup. Can't mount any ext HD and last night started the laborious process of backing up by copying a few files at a time to my usb SDHC adapter and then hooking the ext HD to another windows machine and transferring them that way. I have 81GB to do and that would take forever, but now I can't even mount the adapter. Nothing will mount I have installed the ntfs config tool and the storage device manager nothing will mount anything This is way too messed up, help please. I have tried all sorts of commands and tweaks from the forums without any progress.Here are 2 of the latest error messages. I also sometime get you are not privileged to mount this volume even though I have set me as the owner with all rights
Still can't backup
I am really desperate to backup. Can't mount any ext HD and last night started the laborious process of backing up by copying a few files at a time to my usb SDHC adapter and then hooking the ext HD to another windows machine and transferring them that way. I have 81GB to do and that would take forever, but now I can't even mount the adapter. Nothing will mount I have installed the ntfs config tool and the storage device manager nothing will mount anything This is way too messed up, help please. I have tried all sorts of commands and tweaks from the forums without any progress.Here are 2 of the latest error messages. I also sometime get you are not privileged to mount this volume even though I have set me as the owner with all rights[I] have another screenshot of error but only 3 allowed

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You need to tell us what you tried and what the error messages were if we are to help you most effectively.

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Seems you are working as a user rather than root (super user)

Have you tried to open a shell and run

That will permanently log you in as root for that session. Keep in mind you will also be able to delete everything so use your privileges with care

You talked about mounting NFS, does the NFS server grant you the proper rights to mount it?

What does...

... say when you plug in a USB disk. Maybe you need to add the functionality to mount a USB disk in your kernel.

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[ 2.364537] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GCA-4080N, 0G34, max UDMA/33
[ 2.380519] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[ 2.382958] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD3200BEVE-0 11.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 2.383020] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors: (320 GB/298 GiB)
[ 2.383033] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 2.383035] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 2.383052] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2.383093] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors: (320 GB/298 GiB)
[ 2.383103] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 2.383105] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 2.383121] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2.383124] sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[ 2.415387] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 2.415418] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 2.418882] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GCA-4080N 0G34 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 2.430750] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 2.430753] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 2.430813] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 2.430837] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 2.431148] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 2.431163] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 2.431185] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: EHCI Host Controller
[ 2.431230] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 2.431289] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: irq 19, io mem 0xc0502000
[ 2.440007] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 2.440085] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.440106] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.440114] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 2.440210] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 2.440221] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 2.440231] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: OHCI Host Controller
[ 2.440267] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 2.440282] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: irq 19, io mem 0xc0500000
[ 2.496066] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.496083] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.496093] hub 2-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 2.496165] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 2.496175] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: OHCI Host Controller
[ 2.496204] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 2.496218] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: irq 19, io mem 0xc0501000
[ 2.552073] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.552094] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.552104] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 2.552176] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 2.552228] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC0,PNP0f13:MSE0] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 2.554271] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 2.554274] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 2.554349] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 2.554491] rtc_cmos 00:04: RTC can wake from S4
[ 2.554517] rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 2.554544] rtc0: alarms up to one month, 114 bytes nvram
[ 2.554584] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 2.554665] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.14.0-ioctl (2008-04-23) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[ 2.554701] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
[ 2.554704] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.554762] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[ 2.554769] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[ 2.554795] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 8
[ 2.554797] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 2.554844] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 2.554885] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 2.555264] TCP cubic registered
[ 2.555340] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 2.555648] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 2.555883] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 2.555895] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
[ 2.555896] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 2.555899] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
[ 2.555900] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 2.555917] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 2.555925] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 2.555926] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.10
[ 2.555942] powernow-k8: Found 1 Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+ processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 2.555981] powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0x10 (2400 MHz), vid 0x8
[ 2.555982] powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0xe (2200 MHz), vid 0xa
[ 2.555984] powernow-k8: 2 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0xc
[ 2.555986] powernow-k8: 3 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0xe
[ 2.555987] powernow-k8: 4 : fid 0x8 (1600 MHz), vid 0x10
[ 2.555989] powernow-k8: 5 : fid 0x0 (800 MHz), vid 0x18
[ 2.556027] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[ 2.556076] registered taskstats version 1
[ 2.556160] Magic number: 13:296:480
[ 2.556248] rtc_cmos 00:04: setting system clock to 2009-10-01 12:27:18 UTC (1254400038)
[ 2.556251] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.556252] EDD information not available.
[ 2.556719] Freeing unused kernel memory: 532k freed
[ 2.556819] Write protecting the kernel text: 4120k
[ 2.556854] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1524k
[ 2.593985] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input5
[ 2.808021] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 2.947287] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.038054] sky2 driver version 1.22
[ 3.039606] sky2 0000:02:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 3.039620] sky2 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 3.039629] sky2 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.039686] sky2 0000:02:00.0: Yukon-2 FE chip revision 1
[ 3.103348] sky2 0000:02:00.0: Marvell Yukon 88E8036 Fast Ethernet Controller
[ 3.103350] Part Number: Yukon 88E8036
[ 3.103351] Engineering Level: Rev. 1.3
[ 3.103352] Manufacturer: Marvell
[ 3.106111] sky2 eth0: addr 00:03:25:1b:f2:62
[ 3.132629] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:07.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 3.156032] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 3.192086] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:07.0
[ 3.192302] ohci1394 0000:03:0e.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 3.245063] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[23] MMIO=[c0203000-c02037ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[ 3.411671] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 3.412635] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 3.412859] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 3.412862] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 3.413002] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 3.413003] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 3.415235] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.426126] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 3.430166] Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
[ 3.430439] input: Logitech N48 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input6
[ 3.430600] generic-usb 0003:046D:C001.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Logitech N48] on usb-0000:00:13.1-1/input0
[ 3.430612] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 3.430615] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 3.476827] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[ 3.476830] PM: Resume from partition 8:5
[ 3.476831] PM: Checking hibernation image.
[ 3.477061] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 3.483333] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
[ 3.483336] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
[ 4.568836] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000325215000325b]
[ 7.350135] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 7.350150] EXT3-fs: sda1: orphan cleanup on readonly fs
[ 7.350154] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 13631677
[ 7.350179] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 13631663
[ 7.350184] EXT3-fs: sda1: 2 orphan inodes deleted
[ 7.350185] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[ 7.377058] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 8.412244] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 8.607668] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 8.608527] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 8.609148] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 8.609150] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 8.609152] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 8.610647] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 8.611285] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 8.611287] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 8.611289] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 8.611292] sdb: sdb1
[ 8.612610] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 8.612658] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 13.753827] udev: starting version 141
[ 13.952642] piix4_smbus 0000:00:14.0: SMBus Host Controller at 0x8400, revision 0
[ 14.654594] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: CardBus bridge found [107b:0506]
[ 14.654624] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
[ 14.654626] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
[ 14.654633] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: TI: mfunc 0x01001002, devctl 0x44
[ 14.756390] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 14.885121] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf8, PCI irq 22
[ 14.885126] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: Socket status: 30000006
[ 14.885130] pci_bus 0000:03: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#03) from #04 to #07
[ 14.885136] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xb000 - 0xbfff
[ 14.885140] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xb000-0xbfff: clean.
[ 14.885294] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xc0200000 - 0xc02fffff
[ 14.885296] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x50000000 - 0x53ffffff
[ 15.175771] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
[ 15.317354] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 15.322365] synaptics was reset on resume, see synaptics_resume_reset if you have trouble on resume
[ 15.333353] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[ 15.413593] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 15.413597] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 15.413599] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.413601] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.413603] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.413605] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.413607] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.724511] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
[ 15.726840] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: clean.
[ 15.727820] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[ 15.728641] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[ 15.729468] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 15.759715] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16361 buckets, 65444 max)
[ 15.759942] CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
[ 15.759944] nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel paramater, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
[ 15.759946] sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
[ 15.888840] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
[ 15.952220] ATI IXP MC97 controller 0000:00:14.6: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 15.956860] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
[ 16.009450] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 16.064085] MC'97 0 converters and GPIO not ready (0x1)
[ 16.065100] ATI IXP AC97 controller 0000:00:14.5: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 16.258762] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.262979] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 5.9, id: 0x236eb3, caps: 0x904713/0x10008
[ 16.289738] ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 16.299781] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8
[ 16.369281] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 16.499808] Adding 3004112k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:3004112k
[ 17.027019] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[ 18.478446] type=1505 audit(1254400054.419:2): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" name2="default" pid=2159
[ 18.520953] type=1505 audit(1254400054.463:3): operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/dhclient-script" name2="default" pid=2163
[ 18.521106] type=1505 audit(1254400054.463:4): operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/dhclient3" name2="default" pid=2163
[ 18.521152] type=1505 audit(1254400054.463:5): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" name2="default" pid=2163
[ 18.521190] type=1505 audit(1254400054.463:6): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" name2="default" pid=2163
[ 18.750537] type=1505 audit(1254400054.691:7): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=2168
[ 18.750751] type=1505 audit(1254400054.691:8): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=2168
[ 18.775437] type=1505 audit(1254400054.715:9): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/tcpdump" name2="default" pid=2172
[ 22.306879] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 22.306882] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 22.340315] Bridge firewalling registered
[ 23.206258] pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 23.347485] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 23.560092] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 23.665890] pci 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 23.666030] [drm] Initialized radeon 1.29.0 20080528 on minor 0
[ 24.160611] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[ 24.161216] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
[ 24.161242] [drm] Num pipes: 1
[ 24.161249] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 27.060057] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 27.060245] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 27.112555] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
[ 27.160078] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 27.318314] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 27.413111] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 27.516587] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 27.685733] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02)
[ 27.685738] b43-phy0 warning: You are using an old firmware image. Support for old firmware will be removed in July 2008.
[ 27.685741] b43-phy0 warning: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4).
[ 27.724401] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 27.724416] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 27.724435] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 27.748119] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
[ 27.748835] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 28.819621] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 28.819800] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 29.264268] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 29.265819] wlan0: authenticated
[ 29.265821] wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 29.268408] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:50:f2:e4:40 (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[ 29.268411] wlan0: associated
[ 29.268658] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 29.271580] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[ 39.564022] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 39.616021] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 44.432470] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 44.432686] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 44.434219] wlan0: authenticated
[ 44.434222] wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 44.438415] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:50:f2:e4:40 (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[ 44.438417] wlan0: associated
[ 48.194115] Unknown OutputIN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.2.3 DST=192.168.2.1 LEN=67 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=2584 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=35324 DPT=53 LEN=47
[ 85.444024] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -146225806 ns)
[ 157.434581] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, address 3
[ 721.964057] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 722.145383] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 722.187506] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 722.190220] usb-storage: device found at 4
[ 722.190226] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 727.196041] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 727.196958] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 727.201178] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 727.201792] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 727.201799] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 727.201805] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 727.203421] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 727.205605] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 727.205611] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 727.205616] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 727.205625] sdb: sdb1
[ 727.207151] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 727.207281] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 1233.593098] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 1286.108058] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 1286.288960] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1286.327756] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 1286.340660] usb-storage: device found at 5
[ 1286.340666] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 1291.340304] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 1291.341289] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 1291.436185] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 1291.438168] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 1291.438175] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 1291.438181] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1291.443308] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 1291.444514] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 1291.444521] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 1291.444527] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1291.444537] sdb: sdb1
[ 1291.446157] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 1291.446296] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 2152.895586] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 5
[ 2189.806655] sky2 eth0: disabling interface
[ 2190.215964] [drm] Num pipes: 1
[ 2190.717215] PM: Marking nosave pages: 0000000000002000 - 0000000000006000
[ 2190.717219] PM: Marking nosave pages: 0000000000007000 - 0000000000010000
[ 2190.717221] PM: Marking nosave pages: 0000000000091000 - 0000000000100000
[ 2190.717224] PM: Basic memory bitmaps created
[ 2190.717225] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done.
[ 2190.760634] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done.
[ 2190.761656] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done.
[ 2190.761700] PM: Shrinking memory... done (121093 pages freed)
[ 2191.823021] PM: Freed 484372 kbytes in 1.06 seconds (456.95 MB/s)
[ 2191.823033] Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
[ 2192.024107] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 2192.029499] ACPI handle has no context!
[ 2192.044158] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:07.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 2192.060136] sky2 0000:02:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D3
[ 2192.060340] ATI IXP MC97 controller 0000:00:14.6: PCI INT B disabled
[ 2192.060673] ATI IXP AC97 controller 0000:00:14.5: PCI INT B disabled
[ 2192.061142] pata_atiixp 0000:00:14.1: PCI INT A disabled
[ 2192.061345] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: PCI INT A disabled
[ 2192.061453] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT A disabled
[ 2192.061559] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 2192.062048] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S4
[ 2192.062391] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
[ 2192.062553] PM: Creating hibernation image:
[ 2192.064098] PM: Need to copy 124258 pages
[ 2192.064098] PM: Normal pages needed: 113955 + 1024 + 26, available pages: 127088
[ 2192.064098] ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S4
[ 2192.120717] pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2192.120738] pcieport-driver 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2192.120747] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 2192.144108] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 2192.168108] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 2192.168233] pata_atiixp 0000:00:14.1: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x2300001, writing 0x2300005)
[ 2192.168248] pata_atiixp 0000:00:14.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 2192.169785] pci 0000:00:14.4: restoring config space at offset 0x6 (was 0x40040300, writing 0x40070300)
[ 2192.169837] ATI IXP AC97 controller 0000:00:14.5: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x4300017, writing 0x4300013)
[ 2192.169851] ATI IXP AC97 controller 0000:00:14.5: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2192.171844] ATI IXP MC97 controller 0000:00:14.6: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2192.172411] pci 0000:01:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100003, writing 0x100007)
[ 2192.172424] pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 2192.172428] pci 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2192.172729] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 2192.173302] sky2 0000:02:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 2192.173417] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x3c40107, writing 0x5c00107)
[ 2192.173446] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:05.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x22008, writing 0x2a820)
[ 2192.312113] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:07.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 2192.312146] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:07.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x2, writing 0x6)
[ 2192.333187] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:0c:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[ 2192.333189] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:45:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[ 2192.333274] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:0c:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[ 2192.333275] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:42:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[ 2192.348621] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[ 2192.401374] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[23] MMIO=[c0203000-c02037ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[ 2192.408745] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
[ 2192.425181] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 2192.430297] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors: (320 GB/298 GiB)
[ 2192.430310] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 2192.430312] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 2192.430330] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2192.576558] PM: Image restored successfully.
[ 2192.616124] Restarting tasks ... done.
[ 2192.625868] PM: Basic memory bitmaps freed
[ 2192.664965] synaptics was reset on resume, see synaptics_resume_reset if you have trouble on resume
[ 2195.052592] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 2195.052776] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2195.298109] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10
[ 2195.456057] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02)
[ 2195.456063] b43-phy0 warning: You are using an old firmware image. Support for old firmware will be removed in July 2008.
[ 2195.456066] b43-phy0 warning: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4).
[ 2195.497398] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 2195.497414] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 2195.497432] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 2195.548450] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 2195.566807] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40 try 1
[ 2195.568494] wlan0 direct probe responded
[ 2195.568498] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 2195.570632] wlan0: authenticated
[ 2195.570635] wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 2195.572635] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:50:f2:e4:40 (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[ 2195.572639] wlan0: associated
[ 2195.574595] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 2195.627669] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[ 2196.179837] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
[ 2196.179866] [drm] Num pipes: 1
[ 2196.735668] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 2196.737288] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 2197.148492] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 2197.156198] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 2197.159994] wlan0: authenticated
[ 2197.160023] wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:50:f2:e4:40
[ 2197.162587] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:50:f2:e4:40 (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[ 2197.162593] wlan0: associated
[ 2199.838263] Unknown OutputIN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.2.3 DST=192.168.2.1 LEN=51 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=29607 PROTO=UDP SPT=59292 DPT=53 LEN=31
[ 2202.745084] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[ 2202.917092] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2202.947821] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 2202.949522] usb-storage: device found at 6
[ 2202.949525] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 2205.936030] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 2207.544042] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 2207.948294] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 2207.949150] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 2208.012408] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 2208.018329] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 2208.018337] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 2208.018343] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 2208.027352] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 2208.028861] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 2208.028867] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 2208.028872] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 2208.028882] sdb: sdb1
[ 2208.031463] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 2208.031588] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 2546.233226] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 6
[ 2546.508071] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
[ 2551.580122] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3
[ 2559.572052] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
[ 2559.754697] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2559.801443] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 2559.803478] usb-storage: device found at 8
[ 2559.803483] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 2564.800267] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 2564.801370] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 2564.853218] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 2564.854138] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 2564.854145] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 2564.854151] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 2564.858337] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 15660032 512-byte hardware sectors: (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
[ 2564.858950] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 2564.858956] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
[ 2564.858961] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 2564.858972] sdb: sdb1
[ 2564.861741] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 2564.861873] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
root@Gateway:/home/cmcanulty#

oh boy what type of partition table?

now this after removing partition and trying to get new one

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So if I get it right, you want to remove the existing partition on your USB disk (sdb) and add a new one.

If you want a partition that windows can read (thus, a windows partition), you might be better off doing it in Windows.

After that, simply mount the new partition to the system (as root) and make sure your system support the filesystem you want to mount. I think Linux can write to NTFS now.

I have tried all file systems but none will mount or they mount and randomly unmount. Currently I am trying to mount my 2gb flash drive which used to automount. I type sudo su in terminal and mount but I don't know how to designate the drive as it isn't mounted to find it's path I tried sudo su mount media with no luck can someone say exactly what I should type in terminal? Currently I get the error: Cannot mount volume detailsBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending
I also get no permission errors even when signed in as root. I have NTFS config manager, storage device manager, and ntfs-3g installed. I have also set permissions in the authorizations . Is there a way to get this working I need to back up and would like a way to keep them permanently mounted and permissions permanent. I don't always have them plugged in though, thanks. I also get all kinds of input/output errors in the short time I sometimes manage to mount something. I am afraid all the tweaks and fixes I have tried has only made things worse.

Your system seems to be in a mess. Only you will know how it got to be this way

My suggestion:

• Boot from a knoppix live CD
• Become root.
• Mount the partition you want to backup.
• Mount your backup device.
• Copy the files over
• Unmount the backup device.
• Finished.

Is there any danger of losing my data from using the live CD?

None, it's just like booting your an OS from another media. You just need to mount your partition to access your data. If you are woried about doing a wrong move, mount it readonly

Not unless you do something stupid, like click "Install knoppix to my HDD", or give a command that will overwrite your partition.

As eco says, you can always mount your important partition as RO if you want to be extra careful.