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. |
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 |
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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. |
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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! |
As root create a folder with
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mkdir -p /mnt/good Code:
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/good Code:
ls -l /mnt/windows Code:
mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/windows Code:
cp * -R /mnt/windows /mnt/good |
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Unless you guys know of any other way I can pull this data. |
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 :) |
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O well..... |
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