Missing Data

digger · 08-01-2006, 10:40 AM

Hello,
I have installed Slackware 10.2. I have some issues. One is when I mnt hda1 (fat-c)which is win-98 it can be read But when I mnt hda5 (fat-d)which is win-d nothing shows up, the partition has 44 files, 3Gig of material on it.

What mistake have I made?

Thanks,
digger

Bruce Hill · 08-01-2006, 10:46 AM

Please post the output of:
fdisk -l (as root)
df -h
mount
ls -alh /mnt/fat-d (put the correct mount point for /dev/hda5)
dmesg | grep -i hda5

michaelk · 08-01-2006, 10:54 AM

Need more information.

How are you mounting the partition?
Are there any errors?
Do you have an entry in the fstab file for this partition? If so post it.

digger · 08-01-2006, 11:42 AM

Here is what I found

root@darkstar:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 256 MB, 256900608 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 979 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 979 250574+ 6 FAT16

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 2434 4865 19535008+ b W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/hdb: 10.2 GB, 10262568960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1247 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 130 1044193+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 131 1247 8972302+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 131 195 522081 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb6 196 724 4249161 83 Linux
/dev/hdb7 725 1247 4200966 83 Linux
root@darkstar:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb1 988M 695M 243M 75% /
/dev/hdb6 4.0G 2.2G 1.6G 58% /usr
/dev/hdb7 3.9G 35M 3.7G 1% /home
/dev/hda1 19G 9.4G 9.3G 51% /fat-c

root@darkstar:~# ls -alh /mnt/fat-d /dev/hda5 /dmesg l grep -i hda5
/usr/bin/ls: /mnt/fat-d: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ls: /dmesg: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ls: l: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ls: grep: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ls: hda5: No such file or directory
100451 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 5 2002-06-09 14:27 /dev/hda5
root@darkstar:~#

Thanks digger

michaelk · 08-01-2006, 12:05 PM

Your mounting the c: drive to /fat-c. Do you also have a directory /fat-d?
You did not specify how you are mounting this partition nor posted the /etc/fstab entry if one exists. How are you trying to mount this partition?

To mount manaully try:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /fat-d (Make sure the directory /fat-d exists)

digger · 08-01-2006, 12:23 PM

yes there is a /fat-d directory.

I was trying to mount /fat-d in the same way that /fat-c did. both in command line (/mnt/dev/hda5/<filename>) and through mnt in KDE.

In kde hda1 shows up all the files are there and can be opened up. hda5 opens up and shows no files.

thank You

michaelk · 08-01-2006, 12:27 PM

What happens when you try to mount the partition using the following command (as root)
mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /fat-d

Post any errors. You can not be accessing the /fat-d directory when trying to mount.

digger · 08-01-2006, 01:10 PM

Here is the /etc/fstab

/etc/fstab
dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb6 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda1 /fat-c vfat auto,rw,umask=000 1 0
/dev/hda5 /fat-d vfat auto,rw,umask=000 1 0
/dev/cdrom /dev/mnt/cdrom iso966 noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

I'm going to try to configure my DSL so I don't have to keep rebooting.

thanks
digger

michaelk · 08-01-2006, 01:21 PM

Nothing obviously wrong in your fstab. Have you tried to mount the partition manually yet?

Bruce Hill · 08-01-2006, 06:52 PM

Digger,

You're going to want to read and write to that partition as a
normal user, so you should change two lines in /etc/fstab to:

Code:

/dev/hda1        /fat-c          vfat        users,umask=1000,rw,auto  1   0
/dev/hda5        /fat-d          vfat        users,umask=1000,rw,auto  1   0

Then your partitions will be mounted when you start Slackware,
and you can read/write to them as a normal user, not root.

You issued a couple of commands incorrectly. They should be:
dmesg | grep -i hda5
ls -alh /fat-d

Try using code tags so your output is easy to read:

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ cat /etc/fstab
/dev/sda5        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
/dev/sda6        /                reiserfs    defaults         1   1
/dev/sda7        /usr             reiserfs    defaults         1   2
/dev/sda8        /home            reiserfs    defaults         1   2
/dev/sda1        /WinXP           ntfs        ro               1   0
/dev/sda2        /Shared          vfat        user,umask=1000,rw,auto  1   0
/dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom       auto        noauto,users,ro  0   0
/dev/hda         /dvd1            auto        noauto,users,ro  0   0
/dev/hdc         /dvd2            auto        noauto,users,ro  0   0
/dev/sdb1        /usb1            vfat        noauto,users,rw,umask=1000  0  0
/dev/sdc1        /usb2            vfat        noauto,users,rw,umask=1000  0  0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,users     0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
# Mount point for NFS #
192.168.1.11:/home /serverhome nfs auto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr 0 0
192.168.1.11:/backup /server1 nfs auto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr 0 0
192.168.1.11:/backup2 /server2 nfs auto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr 0 0
# Next line added for kqemu - it will not harm your system
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   size=1040M        0 0
# For viewing NTFS drives in USB enclosure #
/dev/sdb1        /mnt/hd          ntfs        noauto,users,ro  0   0

See how much easier that is to read? You simply put [_code_] without
the underscores before your output, and [_/code_] without underscores
after your output.

Notice that your /fat-d partition is NOT mounted:

Code:

root@darkstar:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb1 988M 695M 243M 75% /
/dev/hdb6 4.0G 2.2G 1.6G 58% /usr
/dev/hdb7 3.9G 35M 3.7G 1% /home
/dev/hda1 19G 9.4G 9.3G 51% /fat-c

and until it is, Slackware won't see your files. All you're doing when you say
"In kde hda5 opens up and shows no files" is opening a mount point that had
no filesystem mounted, so there is nothing to read.

For michaelk: Did you notice:

Code:

/dev/hda5 2434 4865 19535008+ b W95 FAT32

which would be "b Win95 FAT32 " with no LBA. I must admit that I am
ignorant about LBA (Logical Block Addressing), but think you're not.

michaelk · 08-01-2006, 07:13 PM

Chinaman,
Should not be a problem with hda5 having a b partition ID

Bruce Hill · 08-01-2006, 07:14 PM

Michael,

Do you suspect PEBKAC?

michaelk · 08-01-2006, 07:22 PM

Chinaman,
It has been a struggle trying to pry information from the OP but let us not be hasty in judging character yet...

digger · 08-22-2006, 04:04 PM

I formatted D and installed slack there, made the old linux partition D.
Now we can access all drives as root, and
It is just a matter of user permitions.

digger

digger · 08-23-2006, 01:11 AM

hello,

I'm able to mount all files as user here is my fstab;
dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda6 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda1 /Win_C vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdb1 /Win_D vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/sda1 /SanDisk auto noauto,user,rw 1 0
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=777 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Thanks to all,