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Sylo 02-15-2012 02:21 PM

Mounting More then 1 drive
 
I can't seem to get my drives to mount on any other mounting point other then /mnt/windows.

I am trying to say data from a dieing HD. Am trying to mount both drives then copy all of the files off the bad HD on the the good one.

But I know very little about Linux.

ronlau9 02-15-2012 02:43 PM

You do not tell us which linux distro you are using .
But a mount command can be as a example : mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrom
This command connect the partition sda1 to the directory cdrom
Mostly you neat to root to use the mount command

Didier Spaier 02-15-2012 02:45 PM

Hello, welcome to LQ.

You need first to know what is the name of your dying HD, as given by the kernel.

I suppose it is an USB one. So launch a terminal and become root (with the command 'su', or 'sudo su' if you use Ubuntu)

Then plug your HD, wait a few seconds for it to sync, then type 'dmesg|tail'

You'll see, for instance a line with 'sdb: sdb1'

Then issue for instance the command 'mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /mnt' if you want to use the /mnt mount point.

Adapt accordingly if your drive has another name or if you want to use another mount point.

Sylo 02-15-2012 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier (Post 4603327)
Hello, welcome to LQ.

You need first to know what is the name of your dying HD, as given by the kernel.

I suppose it is an USB one. So launch a terminal and become root (with the command 'su', or 'sudo su' if you use Ubuntu)

Then plug your HD, wait a few seconds for it to sync, then type 'dmesg|tail'

You'll see, for instance a line with 'sdb: sdb1'

Then issue for instance the command 'mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /mnt' if you want to use the /mnt mount point.

Adapt accordingly if your drive has another name or if you want to use another mount point.

I am using System Rescue (not sure what Linux that is). I have been using ntfs-3g -o force command.

The 2 drives:

bad drive
/dev/sdc2

Good drive (usb)
/dev/sdb1

I guess I really don't understand the mounting points. I made a folder called backup on the good drive and am trying to mount that so i can just:
cp * /mnt/windows (the bad drive so i can copy all of it) /mnt/backup

But on either drive i can only mount using the mounting point /mnt/windows. Anything says it can't find that directory.

so i can't run the command.

cp * /mnt/windows /mnt/windows that will not help me....am so lost please help!

sean.ferguson 02-15-2012 03:52 PM

As root create a folder with
Code:

mkdir -p /mnt/good
then mount the good drive to that using
Code:

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/good
then make sure the bad drive is mounted to /mnt/windows with
Code:

ls -l /mnt/windows
if you don't get any output with that then you need to mount the bad drive with
Code:

mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/windows
if you see your output, you can continue with
Code:

cp * -R /mnt/windows /mnt/good
and you should be golden :)

Sylo 02-16-2012 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean.ferguson (Post 4603388)
As root create a folder with
Code:

mkdir -p /mnt/good
then mount the good drive to that using
Code:

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/good
then make sure the bad drive is mounted to /mnt/windows with
Code:

ls -l /mnt/windows
if you don't get any output with that then you need to mount the bad drive with
Code:

mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/windows
if you see your output, you can continue with
Code:

cp * -R /mnt/windows /mnt/good
and you should be golden :)

Thanks for that. When I do it it says can't create directory Read-Only file system. How can I change the setting on the good usb drive to allow me to write the data to it?

Sylo 02-16-2012 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylo (Post 4604026)
Thanks for that. When I do it it says can't create directory Read-Only file system. How can I change the setting on the good usb drive to allow me to write the data to it?

Well after some searching around I found that I wasn't mounting the good drive with write access. So I was able to do that and I went to copy the files I wanted...got part way through the copy and the clicking noise from the bad drive starts. So I think am SoL'd on this drive.

Unless you guys know of any other way I can pull this data.

sean.ferguson 02-16-2012 01:52 PM

Sylo,

Have you tried putting the hard drive in a ziplock bag and then into the freezer for the night. Its not a sure fire way to fix a dying drive, but it does prove worthy in some cases. Also, try copying over only a directory at a time rather than everything all at once and putting alot of strain on an already failing drive :)

Sylo 02-17-2012 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean.ferguson (Post 4604371)
Sylo,

Have you tried putting the hard drive in a ziplock bag and then into the freezer for the night. Its not a sure fire way to fix a dying drive, but it does prove worthy in some cases. Also, try copying over only a directory at a time rather than everything all at once and putting alot of strain on an already failing drive :)

Yeah I tried that too. Nothing. All I was trying to save was pictures. But no go....

O well.....


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