script to mount partition and open a Nemo-window

[bill99]

Hello forum

I am trying to r/w mount a FAT32 partition from cli under a Mint live system, but do get the following error message:

mint@mint ~ $ 'sudo mount /dev/sdb2 on /media/mint/BU type fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096'

1.
What's the problem with this command?


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In addition (after mounting) a Nemo-instance should be started and a predefined folder should be opended.
(e.g. a forder "test" under /media/mint/BU)

How can this two commands be integrated into a shell-script?


Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

Bill

[spamegg]

What is the error message?

You need to remove the quotes when you type it in the command line.

[AndyMH]

What's the problem with this command?

Quite a lot, read man mount. The folder /media/mint/BU must exist.

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sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb2  /media/mint/BU -o rw,umask=0000

There are a number of options you could use, windows_names if the drive is going anywhere near windows, uid=1000,gid=1000 will probably work in place of rw,umask=0000.

For running nemo, see viewtopic.php?p=2001397#p2001397

[bill99]

What is the error message?

You need to remove the quotes when you type it in the command line.

Sorry.. but forgot to mention that it's a NTFS-partition....


#'sudo mount' among other entries does list:
/dev/sdb2 on /media/mint/BU type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)


Therefore I used the following command: (the folder "test" does exist on /media/mint)

#sudo mount /dev/sdb2 on /media/mint/BU/test type fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096

Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
One can change the type of mount containing the directory dir:
mount --make-shared dir
mount --make-slave dir
mount --make-private dir
mount --make-unbindable dir
One can change the type of all the mounts in a mount subtree
containing the directory dir:
mount --make-rshared dir
mount --make-rslave dir
mount --make-rprivate dir
mount --make-runbindable dir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].

[bill99]

Also tried this command:

mint@mint ~ $ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb2 /media/mint/BU/test
fuse: failed to access mountpoint /media/mint/BU/test: No such file or directory

But folder "test" does exist...…

mint@mint /media/mint/BU/test $

[shedyed]

You may have to paste the script within code tags. But does your code take up two lines, it could just be missing a continuity character. Otherwise the line is split in two, and you're giving the system two half-baked requests.

/media/mnt/blabla was treated as the next command, but you get 'file not found', as it's not a command; it's a location

[shedyed]

sorry, my bad. i can see better from my laptop instead of the phone.
your command syntax has to follow a certain order, like the -t ntfs should come after mount /dev/whatev /here. That is probably why you're getting the mount manual handed to you.
It's like the really important parts in mount would be mount A B, anything else (like the little details -t ntfs, etc) should be identified accordingly, like type or option. Once you start using them, all the succeeding ones should have theirs, too.

Somebody might be able to explain it better, or maybe I could show you
mount /dev/sdb2 /media/mint/BU/test -t ntfs

Or a useful reference on https://www.extremetech.com/computing/1 ... -commands

[all41]

You can mount using the partition uuid---example:

pkexec mount UUID=a275d558-6d53-4290-a25d-f7efeb3d4d2s && nemo "path_to_directory"
(use quotes around path if the path contains spaces or characters)
You can copy the UUID from the Disks utility in your menu. This way that partition will get mounted regardless of the naming.
The device number (/dev/sxxx) can change when other memory devices are used.
After a correct mount the above example Nemo will open the directory specified


Just to add:
Only root can mount so you will be prompted for admin password

You can also run
sudo mkdir /media/mint/BU
If that directory exists it will tell you, if not it will create it.

[AndyMH]

your command syntax has to follow a certain order, like the -t ntfs should come after mount /dev/whatev /here.

Incorrect, read the man page, it can come before

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mount [-fnrsvw] [-t fstype] [-o options] device dir

[bill99]

Thanks a lot to all of you for the help! It seems that I still have to learn a lot (tried to mount a folder

Now the whole thing has to be integrated into a working scell-script. Probably like that:

#!/bin/sh
sudo mkdir /media/mint/BU
sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/mint/BU -t ntfs
xdg-open /media/mint/BU/test


$ sh ./Desktop-Linux-Setup-Scripts__mount-Partition-BU.sh
would work, but since I would like to place that shell-script on the desktop
of a simple linux-remaster (and afterwards used as a Linux Live System) it should
be "executeable" by clicking on it with the filemanger.
In my case it's simply opended in the text-editor(xed) of LM. "Open with" is too complicated for my mom.....


Question:
Is there a way to run this script by clicking on it with the filemanger?
E.g. by adding some code to the script? Better appraoches are wellcomed


Thank you very much!

Bill

[deepakdeshp]

If you double click the NTFS partition, it should be mounted.

[AndyMH]

$ sh ./Desktop-Linux-Setup-Scripts__mount-Partition-BU.sh
would work, but since I would like to place that shell-script on the desktop
of a simple linux-remaster (and afterwards used as a Linux Live System) it should
be "executeable" by clicking on it with the filemanger.
In my case it's simply opended in the text-editor(xed) of LM. "Open with" is too complicated for my mom.....

Is there any reason why, as deepakdeshp suggested, you don't just double click on it in your file manager to mount it?

Make the script executable, right click on it in your file manager, properties > permissions and check the box 'allow executing file as program'.