[nflug] Flushing a USB drive (and mounting a second partition from my desktop)

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Sun Mar 16 03:52:42 EDT 2008


I would like to see your /etc/fstab

Joe wrote:
> Joe wrote:
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>> Replies inline.
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>> Joe
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>> Cyber Source wrote:
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>>> <so I wouldn't be sure what
>>> unmounting it (Safely Remove  - option) would do relative to the second
>>> partition.>
>>> HUH?
>>>     
>>>       
>> When I plug in my USB Drive, I get an icon on the desktop which allows
>> me to mount and unmount the first partition (the Windoze one) of the
>> drive.  There is no similar icon/option for the second partition
>> (Linux), so I don't know of any way to mount/unmount it other than by
>> using the command line.  I can do command line, but if someone else
>> (non-technical) is using the system, I don't want them anywhere near the
>> command line.  Other than my convenience, that's what this whole
>> discussion is about.
>>   
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>>> <BTW, do you know how to get a usb drive to always be the same /dev...
>>> even when it's plugged into a different usb port or plugged in after
>>> something else?>
>>> That's what UUID's are all about.
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>> Yes.  I just learned about that working on repartitioning my drive.
>>   
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>>> Joe wrote:
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>>>> Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>>> udev should handle the second partition as it does the first. Have a
>>>>> look in your /etc/fstab file for a conflicting entry relative to the
>>>>> partition that's not automounting, you most likely have a conflicting
>>>>> entry in there with the "noauto" option. I'm a gnome guy but I'm sure
>>>>> if you right click on the icon in kde, you'll get a eject/unmount
>>>>> option for the drive just like in windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe wrote:
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>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I have a USB 250GB hard disk with two partitions on it.  One is for
>>>>>> Windoze and one for Linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I plug it into the usb socket, kubuntu/kde puts an icon on my
>>>>>> desktop for the first partition on the drive (which happens to be the
>>>>>> windows one).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can mount the second partition (Linux) manually using sudo mount
>>>>>> /dev/sdb2 /media/linusb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * How can I get the second partition to mount just like the first one
>>>>>> does - with no fuss?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * When I want to unplug the drive, how do I flush it (assure that all
>>>>>> writes have completed)?  For the Windoze partition, I just right-click
>>>>>> on the desktop disk icon and select "safely remove".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joe
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>>>> That might work, but I'm not sure since clicking on the icon only mounts
>>>> the first partition (as far as accessing it), so I wouldn't be sure what
>>>> unmounting it (Safely Remove  - option) would do relative to the second
>>>> partition.
>>>>
>>>> I used to sort of know my way around fstab in Mandrake 9.1, but this
>>>> stuff about UUID ... is completely new.
>>>> The drive itself becomes /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2 when connected and I
>>>> don't think anything in fstab references that at all.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, do you know how to get a usb drive to always be the same /dev...
>>>> even when it's plugged into a different usb port or plugged in after
>>>> something else?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>> fstab:
>>>>
>>>> bigbird at sananda:/etc$ cat fstab
>>>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
>>>> #
>>>> #  -- This file has been automatically generated by ntfs-config --
>>>> #
>>>> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
>>>>
>>>> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>>>> # Entry for /dev/sda4 :
>>>> UUID=c171912f-5148-41b9-a2e3-70a68361cc57 / ext3
>>>> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
>>>> # Entry for /dev/sda6 :
>>>> UUID=0deaaf4c-bacb-4644-a3f1-96c46c1b8844 none swap sw 0 0
>>>> /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
>>>> /dev/sda1 /media/windoze ntfs-3g
>>>> auto,rw,gid=1002,umask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
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> When I manually mount the second partition, I now see an icon for it
> appear on the desktop.  This has an option for safely remove.  So that
> problem is solved, but mounting the partition from the desktop is still
> an issue.
>
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