What's going on here and how do I fix it?

linn · 10-20-2008, 07:38 AM

I was reading on a linux site about mount points, and remembering the current condition of my drives being "unknown" and "The Permissions of "/" could not be determined" being on the permissions tab of my Filesystem directory, I ran "cat /var/log/fsck/checkfs" to find out what I'd get. The following is the result:

lin@name:~$ cat /var/log/fsck/checkfs
Log of fsck -C3 -R -A -a
Mon Oct 20 07:06:08 2008

fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)

Mon Oct 20 07:06:08 2008

I ran it twice, same thing.

I also ran sudo fdisk -l

and the result was:

lin@name:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for lin:

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x35db35db

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2551 9729 57665317+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 2551 9430 55263568+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 9431 9729 2401686 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 20.4 GB, 20490559488 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2491 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x38c138c1

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 2490 20000893+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdc: 257 MB, 257474560 bytes
8 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1013 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 496 * 512 = 253952 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

Disk /dev/sdd: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x17e1dd8d

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 14593 117218241 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

I have currently six drives, counting the usb and the dvd drive, just what is going on here, and how do I repair it?

shahz · 10-20-2008, 11:50 PM

what do you want of your dirves.

linn · 10-22-2008, 01:21 AM

I'd like for my drives to be known? I also would like the permissions of "/" to be able to be determined? These seem like things that my drives would normally be able to do, but for some reason can't...

Does everything look okay? I hope I'm worried needlessly...

GazL · 10-22-2008, 06:32 AM

There's nothing to worry about. It's just that the file-manager you're using isn't able to display the information properly for some reason. Most likely a bug that'll get fixed in a version or two's time.