Viewing files on second drive
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Viewing files on second drive
So I’m new to Linux in general. I apologize if this is a dumb question.
I have a NUC with 2 hard drives. The boot drive is 500GB and the second is 1TB.
I’m trying to use a Docker based app for document management. It is working just fine.
My problem is how I can view these files in the file system.
If I open up files on the desktop. I can see the 1TB drive. I open it and I see the file structure. But as I drill down there are no files. I know the files exist though. If I go a different route. Say I go through the file structure. I go /media/<user>/<drive name>/<folder structure> the files show up just fine. But if I go /mnt/<some stuff>/<file structure > the files don’t show up. I’m just not sure why this is. I seem to be going to the same place just in different ways, but depending on how I get there will affect whether I can see the files.
Am I don’t something wrong here?
I have a NUC with 2 hard drives. The boot drive is 500GB and the second is 1TB.
I’m trying to use a Docker based app for document management. It is working just fine.
My problem is how I can view these files in the file system.
If I open up files on the desktop. I can see the 1TB drive. I open it and I see the file structure. But as I drill down there are no files. I know the files exist though. If I go a different route. Say I go through the file structure. I go /media/<user>/<drive name>/<folder structure> the files show up just fine. But if I go /mnt/<some stuff>/<file structure > the files don’t show up. I’m just not sure why this is. I seem to be going to the same place just in different ways, but depending on how I get there will affect whether I can see the files.
Am I don’t something wrong here?
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Re: Viewing files on second drive
Welcome to the forums.
Are you asking why you can't access the files if you look in a folder where the files are not mounted?
Can you go into Disks app, click the drive you have mounted, click the settings (cogs) and see where it is mounted.
That is where your files are.
Or, is it a permissions issue - but one thing at a time. Do the above first and see if that helps.
Are you asking why you can't access the files if you look in a folder where the files are not mounted?
Can you go into Disks app, click the drive you have mounted, click the settings (cogs) and see where it is mounted.
That is where your files are.
Or, is it a permissions issue - but one thing at a time. Do the above first and see if that helps.
Re: Viewing files on second drive
I guess that is what I am asking. Why can I see the files and folders when I go through where the drive is mounted to the filesystem, but when I just click on the drive I only see the folders and not any of the files. It just seems that both processes end up in the same place but I get different results.gittiest personITW wrote: ⤴Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:35 pm Are you asking why you can't access the files if you look in a folder where the files are not mounted?
Can you go into Disks app, click the drive you have mounted, click the settings (cogs) and see where it is mounted.
That is where your files are.
Re: Viewing files on second drive
You're talking about two different branches in the system; /mnt and /mediadTardis wrote: ⤴Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:09 pm So I’m new to Linux in general. I apologize if this is a dumb question.
I have a NUC with 2 hard drives. The boot drive is 500GB and the second is 1TB.
I’m trying to use a Docker based app for document management. It is working just fine.
My problem is how I can view these files in the file system.
If I open up files on the desktop. I can see the 1TB drive. I open it and I see the file structure. But as I drill down there are no files. I know the files exist though. If I go a different route. Say I go through the file structure. I go /media/<user>/<drive name>/<folder structure> the files show up just fine. But if I go /mnt/<some stuff>/<file structure > the files don’t show up. I’m just not sure why this is. I seem to be going to the same place just in different ways, but depending on how I get there will affect whether I can see the files.
Am I don’t something wrong here?
It's mounted in one or the other, not both. I'm guessing your files are mounted in the /media path
Consider /mnt and /media two branches of the same river. If you throw a ping pong ball into the head of the river, it will float down only one of the branches.. not both branches.
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Re: Viewing files on second drive
Only if this week was next week last weekgittiest personITW wrote: ⤴Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:06 pmIf you look to see where the ball ends up, will your cat be ok?
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Re: Viewing files on second drive
OK than works. Thank you.revmacian wrote: ⤴Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:03 pm You're talking about two different branches in the system; /mnt and /media
It's mounted in one or the other, not both. I'm guessing your files are mounted in the /media path
Consider /mnt and /media two branches of the same river. If you throw a ping pong ball into the head of the river, it will float down only one of the branches.. not both branches.
Re: Viewing files on second drive
You're welcomedTardis wrote: ⤴Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:28 pmOK than works. Thank you.revmacian wrote: ⤴Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:03 pm You're talking about two different branches in the system; /mnt and /media
It's mounted in one or the other, not both. I'm guessing your files are mounted in the /media path
Consider /mnt and /media two branches of the same river. If you throw a ping pong ball into the head of the river, it will float down only one of the branches.. not both branches.
Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for a lifetime.
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Re: Viewing files on second drive
There is nothing wrong with my statement.. I've actually thrown a ball into a creek and watched where it floated. I know what I'm doing.Kadaitcha Man wrote: ⤴Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:19 pmYou need to brush up on your modern physics. That's a 1600s clockwork universe idea and way behind the times.
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