[xubuntu] xubuntu doesn't see my other hard drives!!!!!!!!

[sleeper414]

just installed xubuntu on my older P3 desktop.
i was running gutsy but it was too slow.
anyway, xubuntu installed flawlessly, and evrything would be fine, but i have two additional internal hard drives that xubuntu wont see.
its not in /media......they arent anywhere!

help!!!!!

[Inxsible]

Please post the output of the following 2 commands

sudo fdisk -l

-l is lowercase L and

df -h

[sleeper414]

thank you...

chris@chris-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for chris:

Disk /dev/sda: 20.4 GB, 20416757760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa74ba74b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2389 19189611 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 2390 2482 747022+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 2390 2482 746991 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3860385f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb2 1 4865 39078081 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0e4de019

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 13036 19457 51584715 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdc3 1 13035 104703606 b W95 FAT32

Partition table entries are not in disk order

[sleeper414]

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 19G 2.4G 15G 14% /
varrun 125M 100K 125M 1% /var/run
varlock 125M 0 125M 0% /var/lock
udev 125M 64K 125M 1% /dev
devshm 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
lrm 125M 38M 88M 30% /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/volatile

[Inxsible]

Ubuntu is seeing the drives. Check the output of fdisk -- sdb(40GB) and sdc(160GB).

They are not mounted however as noted by df -h. You need to mount them in order to see them.

First create a mount point

sudo mkdir /mnt/myFirstDrive && sudo mkdir /mnt/mySecondDrive && sudo mkdir /mnt/myThirdDrive

Your 160GB has 2 partitions and will therefore need a separate mount point if you want to access that as well. Generally internal drives are mounted under /mnt. But this is not necessary and you can mount them anywhere you like. for eg. /windows or /storage or /mnt/Storage etc. Just make sure you dont have spaces or special characters in the name. Trust me it will be more easier that way. After you create the mount points simply add them to fstab by this command

gksudo mousepad /etc/fstab

Add the following lines to fstab

/dev/sdb2 /mnt/myFirstDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/mySecondDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sdc3 /mnt/myThirdDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0

Make sure you use the same mount points that you created in the 1st step. Save the file and then do

sudo mount -a

[sleeper414]

i understand mountijng, but in ubuntu it was graphical, doesnt appear to be the case in Xubuntu.

do i just sudo mount /media/xxxx?

or are there drivers and the like i could download in synaptic to enable the use of GUI?

[rockerphil]

well it's pretty simple, /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc are your 2 other internal hard drives, now all you've gotta do is mount them, so just create your mount points wherever you want them, say /home/<username>/storage and /home/<username>/storage2

then just run this code

sudo mount /dev/sdb /home/<username>/storage

sudo mount /dev/sdc /home/<username>/storage2

[sleeper414]

it shouldnt be this difficult.

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
chris@chris-desktop:~$ /dev/sdb2 /mnt/myFirstDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
bash: /dev/sdb2: Permission denied

permission denied....

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aslo, im not sure how to mount anything.
in ubuntu it just worked.
/home/media

rocker phil. i followed you directions too. after running the /home/username location, it said file not found.

[Inxsible]

Originally Posted by sleeper414 it shouldnt be this difficult. gksudo gedit /etc/fstab chris@chris-desktop:~$ /dev/sdb2 /mnt/myFirstDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0 bash: /dev/sdb2: Permission denied permission denied.... -------- aslo, im not sure how to mount anything. in ubuntu it just worked. /home/media rocker phil. i followed you directions too. after running the /home/username location, it said file not found.

You have to add the line to the fstab that you opened using the gksudo mousepad /etc/fstab command. You have put that entire line on the terminal !!!!

BTW...Xubuntu also uses Gnome services. so its the same in Ubuntu and Xubuntu. Just that Ubuntu recognized your drives because you must have mounted them during the install whereas Xubuntu didn't.

[sleeper414]

i got the triple whammy!

chris@chris-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/myFirstDrive && sudo mkdir /mnt/mySecondDrive && sudo mkdir /mnt/myThirdDrive
mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/myFirstDrive': File exists
chris@chris-desktop:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
chris@chris-desktop:~$ /dev/sdb2 /mnt/myFirstDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
bash: /dev/sdb2: Permission denied
chris@chris-desktop:~$ /dev/sdc1 /mnt/mySecondDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
bash: /dev/sdc1: Permission denied
chris@chris-desktop:~$ /dev/sdc3 /mnt/myThirdDrive vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0



im assuming its saying file exists because ive ran the command b4, so i just went to the next step.

sorry about the last comments, im just frustrated. no biggie....beats the crap out of windows anyday.