Adding a third HDD (mint13) [SOLVED]
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Adding a third HDD (mint13) [SOLVED]
I've run out of space on my storage drive (2tb SATA) and went and bought another to add (also, purely for storage).
Everything I've been able to find on the topic suggests that mint will automatically detect the new drive But Not mount it.
Yet it isn't detecting it.
Any suggestions/help would be appreciated.
(I realise there is a parity of information here, but as I don't know what is relevant to my dilemma I didn't know what was needed to provide any help)
(also, the mint install itself is on a separate ssd, used purely for the OS and related applications, the two regular SATA drives are pure storage)
Thanks in advance
Everything I've been able to find on the topic suggests that mint will automatically detect the new drive But Not mount it.
Yet it isn't detecting it.
Any suggestions/help would be appreciated.
(I realise there is a parity of information here, but as I don't know what is relevant to my dilemma I didn't know what was needed to provide any help)
(also, the mint install itself is on a separate ssd, used purely for the OS and related applications, the two regular SATA drives are pure storage)
Thanks in advance
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Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
Have you defined the partition table on the new hard drive?. Have you defined a partition and formated it?.stackmanpf77 wrote:I've run out of space on my storage drive (2tb SATA) and went and bought another to add (also, purely for storage).
Everything I've been able to find on the topic suggests that mint will automatically detect the new drive But Not mount it.
Yet it isn't detecting it.
Any suggestions/help would be appreciated.
(I realise there is a parity of information here, but as I don't know what is relevant to my dilemma I didn't know what was needed to provide any help)
(also, the mint install itself is on a separate ssd, used purely for the OS and related applications, the two regular SATA drives are pure storage)
Thanks in advance
I recommend the program gparted:
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sudo apt-get install gparted
Once partition is defined, you will need to add a line in file /etc/fstab for automatic mounting.
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*points up*
Thanks lmarmisa, instant success.
mounted, partitioned and formatted.
/added to christmas card list
Thanks lmarmisa, instant success.
mounted, partitioned and formatted.
/added to christmas card list
Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
I've managed to get the third HDD mounted, etc....
but now for some bizarre reason I have two folders in /home/user/media that are causing my OS to pause on boot because it "doesn't recognise files name [[xx] and [xx]" and gives me the option to skip or manually retrieve them.
I know they're not actually there for anything, they're stuff-ups I made when mounting the third HDD..
How do I delete the folders? Move to trash and delete options are greyed out completely, and when I try to manually drag the offending folder(s) to the trash icon, I get a 'permission denied' error...
Any suggestions as to how to get rid of the offending folders?
but now for some bizarre reason I have two folders in /home/user/media that are causing my OS to pause on boot because it "doesn't recognise files name [[xx] and [xx]" and gives me the option to skip or manually retrieve them.
I know they're not actually there for anything, they're stuff-ups I made when mounting the third HDD..
How do I delete the folders? Move to trash and delete options are greyed out completely, and when I try to manually drag the offending folder(s) to the trash icon, I get a 'permission denied' error...
Any suggestions as to how to get rid of the offending folders?
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Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
The easiest way for you is to open a terminal and type, for Cinnamon:stackmanpf77 wrote:they're stuff-ups I made when mounting the third HDD..
How do I delete the folders?
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gksu nemo
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gksu caja
Alternatively you can use this if you're game:
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sudo rm -rf _offendingpath_
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
fixt.
/adds TehGhodTrole to christmas card list
thanks muchly
edit: after a reboot, it still gives me the message "The disk drive for /media/Windows is not ready yet or not present" (windows was the hdd name i initially tried to mount it under as my first attempt was a simple copy'n'paste from a google search solution, in no way do I have that PoS OS on my system)
any other suggestions?
/adds TehGhodTrole to christmas card list
thanks muchly
edit: after a reboot, it still gives me the message "The disk drive for /media/Windows is not ready yet or not present" (windows was the hdd name i initially tried to mount it under as my first attempt was a simple copy'n'paste from a google search solution, in no way do I have that PoS OS on my system)
any other suggestions?
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Please open a terminal and post the output of this command.
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cat /etc/fstab
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=d0d68d11-5d09-4909-a138-b1dea8a00c4b / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=f34c59dc-edd0-4a0f-96c3-d6dc1e887a5a none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 ntfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sdxx /media/Windows ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 ntfs defaults
(as requested cecar)
(sdb1 and sdc1 both automount without a problem, and without causing the error message to appear during the boot sequence)
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=d0d68d11-5d09-4909-a138-b1dea8a00c4b / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=f34c59dc-edd0-4a0f-96c3-d6dc1e887a5a none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 ntfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sdxx /media/Windows ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 ntfs defaults
(as requested cecar)
(sdb1 and sdc1 both automount without a problem, and without causing the error message to appear during the boot sequence)
Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
The syntax is not fully correct. But I would like to know the UUID of your partions befor to recommend any change.
Could you post the output of this command?
Could you post the output of this command?
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sudo blkid
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/dev/sda1: UUID="d0d68d11-5d09-4909-a138-b1dea8a00c4b" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda5: UUID="f34c59dc-edd0-4a0f-96c3-d6dc1e887a5a" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Secondary Disk" UUID="722A7F7E2A7F3DE3" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="Tertiary Disk" UUID="36430AFC5DCAE3E6" TYPE="ntfs"
(sudo blkid results)
/dev/sda5: UUID="f34c59dc-edd0-4a0f-96c3-d6dc1e887a5a" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Secondary Disk" UUID="722A7F7E2A7F3DE3" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="Tertiary Disk" UUID="36430AFC5DCAE3E6" TYPE="ntfs"
(sudo blkid results)
Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
Comment out this line:
So it looks like this:
That should make it work.
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/dev/sdxx /media/Windows ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0
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#/dev/sdxx /media/Windows ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0
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/sheepish
how would I go about editing that line in terminal?
how would I go about editing that line in terminal?
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If you have Cinnamon:
If you have Mate:
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gksu gedit /etc/fstab
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gksu pluma /etc/fstab
Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
I recommend to follow this procedure.
Open a terminal and type the command:
Check if your user and group ids are 1000:
I will suppose that those values are 1000. Change them if required.
Type these commands:
Now you have to edit the file fstab with your prefered editor (nano, gedit, pluma, vi, etc). I will use gedit:
I recommend to update last lines with tese contents:
Save & exit.
Type these commands:
Check if partitions are correctly mounted.
Finally you can define Tash folders (very useful) in these partitions:
Open a terminal and type the command:
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cat /etc/passwd
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...
youruserhere:x:1000:1000:yournamehere,,,:/home/youruserhere:/bin/bash
...
Type these commands:
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cd /etc
sudo cp fstab fstab.bak
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gksu gedit fstab
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=d0d68d11-5d09-4909-a138-b1dea8a00c4b / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=f34c59dc-edd0-4a0f-96c3-d6dc1e887a5a none swap sw 0 0
# Secondary Disk
UUID=722A7F7E2A7F3DE3 /media/sdb1 ntfs defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
#Tertiary Disk
UUID=36430AFC5DCAE3E6 /media/sdc1 ntfs defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
Type these commands:
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sudo umount /media/sdb1
sudo umount /media/sdb2
sudo mount -a
mount
Finally you can define Tash folders (very useful) in these partitions:
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mkdir /media/sdb1/.Trash-1000
mkdir /media/sdc1/.Trash-1000
Re: Adding a third HDD (mint13)
fixt properly this time.
thanks repliers for tips/help, much appreciated.
thanks repliers for tips/help, much appreciated.