[SOLVED] Mount trouble

Fixit7 · 06-19-2015, 01:36 PM

I can not get sdc1 to mount.
And it is in fstab.

Code:

# mount /dev/sdc1
mount: can't find /dev/sdc1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

fatmac · 06-19-2015, 02:46 PM

Is it an external drive? If so it may have been given a different designation by the O/S at boot time.

Your message code says it is NOT in fstab or mtab. (Check the file.)

To mount it manually use, (sudo or switch to root)

Code:

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt

you should then be able to see the contents with

Code:

ls /mnt

Fixit7 · 06-19-2015, 09:13 PM

Thanks.

If my pen drive is already inserted b4 boot up, this script "breaks."

Why is that ?

It works fine if the pen drive is inserted after boot up.

Quote:

FILE=/mnt/sdb1/Toshiba_Backup
# Check if File does NOT exist
if test ! -e "$FILE"
then
thunar /mnt/sdc1/
else
echo "$FILE found."
thunar /mnt/sdb1/
fi

frankbell · 06-19-2015, 09:56 PM

The mount command is issued for the mountpoint, not for the device file.

If I want to mount /dev/sdc1, I have to have a mountpoint (usually) in /mount or /media to mount it to.

For example, I could do the following:

Code:

mkdir /media/ralph  <---must be issued as root
mount /dev/sdc1 /media/ralph  <---this may need to be issued as root depending on a lot of stuff I'm to sleepy to go into here.:)
cd /media/ralph

This article gives a good introduction: http://linuxconfig.org/howto-mount-usb-drive-in-linux

If it's a removable device that does not have a designated mountpoint, the current thing all the cool new distros are doing is to put it in /media/run/[username]. See this.

See man mount for more.

Fixit7 · 06-19-2015, 11:17 PM

Thanks for the info.

But I see nothing tht would help fix the script. :-(

I will stick with the fast and stable Puppy.

fatmac · 06-20-2015, 05:27 AM

Can't help with your script directly, but if you 'label' your pendrive or use its 'UUID', instead of its file descriptor, you should get consistent mounting.