If using KDE 4, your external drive will not mount, until you click on the appropriate drive icon within Dolphin (file manager) for example. It should show up after this.
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext4 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
/dev/sda1 on /windows/C type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
thanks for the speedy reply.
It is an internal HD, not external and i cannot find a drive icon to click on.
For internal drives, you may need to adjust /etc/fstab permissions. The easiest (graphical) way to do this, is to use YaST > System > Partitioner utility. Navigate to the volume concerned, and edit the fstab options so that the you have access to it as user.
graham@linux-ixjr:~> mount
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext4 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
/dev/sda1 on /windows/C type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
linux-ixjr:/home/graham # mount -a
mount: /dev/sdb already mounted or /media/myext3 busy
linux-ixjr:/home/graham # umount /dev/sdb
umount: /dev/sdb: not mounted
am i reading this correct?
/dev/sdb is already mounted before ‘mount -a’ yet when running ‘umount’ it is not mounted?
To the op, when you try mounting it in yast2 partitioner did you make a directory where to mount? Which should be the right thing to do. There is a box in yast2 partioner where you can add the directory for sdb1. Should look like this /name assigned to sdb1.
ZootHornRollo wrote:
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> linux-ixjr:/home/graham # mount -a
> mount: /dev/sdb already mounted or /media/myext3 busy
> linux-ixjr:/home/graham # umount /dev/sdb
> umount: /dev/sdb: not mounted
> --------------------
>
>
> am i reading this correct?
>
> /dev/sdb is already mounted before ‘mount -a’ yet when running ‘umount’
> it is not mounted?
You can mount a device (/dev/sdb) only when it does not have a
partition table such as a floppy or a CD. If it has a partition table
as yours clearly does, you must mount the partitions. The error
message sucks.
i was going to try reinstalling openSUSE again. I got to the partitioning stage and noticed that the drive in question appears but (i could be wrong) it appears as RAID.
/dev/md126 MDRAID 153.39GB
Even during the partitioner on the live disk the drive cannot be edited as it is in use.