extern hdd - formatted to ext4 - how could i mount the drive?

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#1

hello dear linux-friends

have a external hdd - it was formated with ntfs

now i used the opensuse 12.3 patitioner -

yast:: system:: partitioner

i formated this terabyte hdd with ext4

now i cannot write to it - i think i have to mount it:

which mounting point i have to use!?

see the protocoll:
i tried to use the mounting point srv - it did not work - i tried to change…

mounting-point /dev/sdb1 to /usr/local changed

it tid not work: What can i do now

Gerät: /dev/sdb1
Größe: 931.51 GB
Verschlüsselt: Nein
Gerätepfad: pci-0000:00:12.2-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
Geräte-ID 1: ata-ST1000DM003-1CH162_S1DE523L-part1
Geräte-ID 2: scsi-SASMT_2105_B8140000000000000503-part1
Geräte-ID 3: wwn-0x5000c5006c7d7e56-part1
FS-ID: 0x83 Linux native
Dateisystem:
Dateisystem: Ext4

Einhängepunkt: /srv
Kennung: HDDRIVE2GO

can you help me - i need some advices

for any and all help i will be very very thankful

greetings

your dilbert

#2

Mount point hast to exist.

So make a directory called /srv

You can have it mount at boot also in Yast or edit of /etc/fstab

#3

On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:26:01 +0000, dilbertone wrote:

> i formated this terabyte hdd with ext4
>
> now i cannot write to it - i think i have to mount it:
>
> which mounting point i have to use!?
>
> see the protocoll:
> i tried to use the mounting point srv - it did not work - i tried to
> change…
>
>
> mounting-point /dev/sdb1 to /usr/local changed

/dev/sdb1 is the partition - /usr/local is not a normal place to mount a
drive (though it can be, certainly, if you’re putting data at that path
and want to use a larger drive for it).

When you say “the mounting point srv - it did not work” - what was the
exact text of the error message you got?

Jim

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#4

hello many many thanks for the quick reply

i wlll try to create a mount point-…
many many thanks for the hints.

first of all here we have the results for the command fdisk -l
afterwards - that means in the next hour i want to create its mount point - according to your ideas:

btw - what about this one:


# mkdir /mnt/external

or with that:


/media 
or
/media/run

note - iwill do it in the next few hours - and come back and report all the findings.

first of all - here we have the very very first results oft the fdisk command…

Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sda1              63     8385929     4192933+  82  Linux Swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2         8385930     8594774      104422+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3         8594775     8803619      104422+  83  Linux
/dev/sda4   *     8803620   976768064   483982222+   5  Erweiterte
/dev/sda5         8803683    12996584     2096451   83  Linux
/dev/sda6        12996648    21382514     4192933+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7        21382578    42347339    10482381   83  Linux
/dev/sda8        42347403    63312164    10482381   83  Linux
/dev/sda9        63312228    84276989    10482381   83  Linux
/dev/sda10       84277053    88469954     2096451   83  Linux
/dev/sda11       88470018    96855884     4192933+  83  Linux
/dev/sda12       96855948   117820709    10482381   83  Linux
/dev/sda13      117821440   159766527    20972544   83  Linux
/dev/sda14      159768576   976766975   408499200   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spur, 121601 Zylinder, zusammen 1953525168 Sektoren
Einheiten = Sektoren von 1 × 512 = 512 Bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcd407128
                                                                                                                                                                                                
   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System                                                                                                                                  
/dev/sdb1   *          64  1953520063   976760000   83  Linux

what do you say… sorry for the german tongue - i will try to do the commands in engl. Utf8 in the future…

look forward to hear from you
greetings

dilbertone - the first

#5

On 2013-12-13 20:26, dilbertone wrote:

> now i used the opensuse 12.3 patitioner -
>
> yast:: system:: partitioner
>
> i formated this terabyte hdd with ext4
>
> now i cannot write to it - i think i have to mount it:
>
> which mounting point i have to use!?

Any one you type yourself. You do not need to limit yourself to those
in the droplist. For instance, “/data/one”, or
“/home/MYUSERNAME/ExternalDataBigAndAbsurdNameIWantToGiveIt/”. Notice
that YaST will create that mountpoint you tell it to use.

I suggest that as it is an external disk, add “nofail” as option in the
option field, or your system will fail to boot if the disk is not
present at boot time.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

#6

hello dear Robin - hello dear all!!

many many thanks for he quick reply - great to hear from you!

well now i have mounted a external drive at


# mkdir /mnt/external

and subsequently

mkdir -p /mnt/external
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external

now only the root-user has access to write to these folders.


linux-wyee:/home/martin # dir /mnt
insgesamt 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 13. Dez 22:01 external

how to change this - how to change that all can write to the external drive.
i need to change the permissions within the terminal…

chmod 777 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external or something alike -

what do you think!?

#7

On 2013-12-14 09:36, dilbertone wrote:

> how to change this - how to change that all can write to the external
> drive.
> i need to change the permissions within the terminal…


chown martin:users /mnt/external

That’s one way. Another, preferred, is create a directory in that
partition and chown it to you:


mkdir /mnt/external/martin
chown martin:users /mnt/external/mine

And then write in that directory. Makes things easier when plugging on a
different computer (it is an external disk, after all). Also you can
have different directories for different users, like on home.

Your choice :slight_smile:

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)