Looks like there was a problem there:
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> sudo /sbin/e2fsck /dev/sdb1
e2fsck 1.41.1 (01-Sep-2008)
/sbin/e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks…
/dev/sdb1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sdb1: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/sdb1: 11/9773056 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 661385/39072080 blocks
konsultor@Linuxor:/media>
Hi again,
sdb1 not appearing on Dolphin file manager. The mount command does this:
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> mount
/dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (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/sda5 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
/dev/sda7 on /usr type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/proc on /var/lib/ntp/proc type proc (ro)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/konsultor/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=konsultor)
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> mount /media/sdb1
mount: can’t find /media/sdb1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> mount sdb1
mount: can’t find sdb1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
konsultor@Linuxor:/media>
As SU I tried other command forms:
mount: mount point /media/sdb1 does not exist
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> sudo mount -t ext sdb1 /media/sdb1
mount: unknown filesystem type ‘ext’
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> sudo mount -t ext3 sdb1 /media/sdb1
mount: /media/sdb1 is not a block device
I feel I’m missing something, out of ignorance, something like the form of the entry required for “type” (for example ‘ext’ wasn’t recognized but ‘ext3’ apparently was).
Thanks for staying with me on this.
As SU I tried other command forms:
mount: mount point /media/sdb1 does not exist
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> sudo mount -t ext sdb1 /media/sdb1
mount: unknown filesystem type ‘ext’
konsultor@Linuxor:/media> sudo mount -t ext3 sdb1 /media/sdb1
mount: /media/sdb1 is not a block device
I feel I’m missing something, out of ignorance, something like the form of the entry required for “type” (for example ‘ext’ wasn’t recognized but ‘ext3’ apparently was).
Thanks for staying with me on this.
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The /media directory is for hal mounting. If you want to mount manually, you need to create a mount point first:
mkdir /mnt/usb
Your mount command should look like this:
sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
The /media directory is for hal mounting. If you want to mount manually, you need to create a mount point first:
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mkdir /mnt/usb
Your mount command should look like this:
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sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
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These commands appear to have been carried out with no error. Dolphin shows the /mnt/usb directory, and I can enter it–but the only content is a directory, “lost+found” and nothing visible from the drive.
I’m getting the sinking feeling that the content on the drive is lost. Any hope remaining?
Thanks,
I think the chances are thin. If you really want to pursue this and attract the attention of one of this forums gurus, I would start another thread with descriptive title like ‘ext3 data recovery help’ or similar. I would also google ‘ext3 data recovery’ and find out what is possible.
At least you now know how to manually mount the device partition, and a little bit about file checking via e2fsck.