Questions tagged [mount]

Questions about mounting filesystems, such as those on internal drives or on CDs, DVDs, external hard drives or USB flash drives, or about using the `mount` command.

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Can't auto mount partition through fstab during boot

help me understand. I have this line in my /etc/fstab UUID=13958fbc-ce35-4a2a-a144-9b1543270cf4 /DAS1TB ext4 defaults 0 0 this UUID corresponds to /dev/sdb1 that should be ...
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exFAT Mounted HDD partition not mounting as specified user and instead as root

Forgive me if this question has been asked before but I have tried to find an answer to no avail leading me to write this. Please link me the solution if this or something similar has been asked. I ...
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Mount - Problem Remounting /dev/sdb1

How can I properly remount /dev/sdb1? Because when I remount it: sudo mount -o remount,rw /dev/sdb1 mount: cannot remount /dev/sdb1 read-write, is write-protected ...displaying that it is write ...
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cifs, smb - Can't mount (permission denied) or navigate shared folder

I've recently bumped into this problem. I usually navigate through a local network shared folder from a Linux machine via smb (i.e. from file manger using smb: ). Now whenever I try to access the ...
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Cannot boot due to nfs and gnome display manager

I recently updated to 22.04.3 and I'm having problems booting. The first error message I get is Failed to mount /mnt/nfs This is followed by dependency failed for remote file system. Finally, failed ...
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Error when mounting ntfs disk after crash

I ran rdfind on my backup disk, causing my system to freeze. After a forced restart, the disk showed 0 bytes in partition manager. I managed to mount it in Windows, and then the bytes used got fixed ...
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"Files" application says "Unable to access location, mount point does not exist" when clicking on NFS server in "Other Locations"

I am on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I click on the "Files" application, and then I click on "Other Locations" at the bottom of the sidebar. Among other things, it shows an NFS server on my ...
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Can't access other drives

My 500 gb hard drive with windows 7 has recently crashed with all my personal files on it. I have called HP and have a new hdd in the mail but I am unable to remove old files from the old hdd. I am ...
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lvextend root partition causing (initramfs) ALERT! /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

I'm building an Ubuntu 22.04.02 image using packer qemu builder. I then dd the raw image to a baremetal mini pc. On the first boot of the Ubuntu image I have a procedure that extends the root ...
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Full Storage issue with second Hard Disk on Ubuntu 22.04

I am trying to mount a second hard disk on my Ubuntu 22.04 Virtual machine to get rid of the full storage warning, but I can't seem to mount it correctly to extend the volume of the original hard disk ...
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How can I change the owner of VirtualBox shared folders on Ubuntu 18.04 guest VM?

I am using a VM with Ubuntu 18.04 with GUI, and I am working on a Wordpress project with Nginx. I installed VBox guest additions, but I cannot change the owner of the shared folder, which I have set ...
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Editing "/etc/fstab" to add a mount point: I need clearer instruction

I'm having the exact same problem solved by this answer (trying to add a shared folder in Virtual Box, having it be owned by my user; Win host/Ubuntu guest), but I need clearer instruction: What is ...
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Mount error(22): Invalid argument

I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm having some problems mounting a NAS with CIFS I've been searching the forums for 3 days now to find a solution that could help me. Here is what I tested : The command I am ...
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Unable to access volume

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 in my Acer Aspire A315,51 i3 64-bit alongside Windows 10. When I start my computer, I have to choose Windows 10 or Ubuntu. It was working good, then I got a problem in Ubuntu, ...
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Recovering data from HDD

I used to have a problem with WD Mycloud Gen 2, but I replaced an HDD with a new one and now it's working. But I need to read my old data from an old HDD (WD RED 3 TB) In Disk Utility I see the ...
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How do I mount an external USB CD Drive in Ubuntu 16.04?

I am about to get Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a netbook running windows 7 starter. It does not have a built-in CD-ROM, so I have an external Samsung CD-ROM. I am afraid it will not work with Ubuntu, unless I ...
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Recover Data from unmounted nvme

To give a context: Since ~10 months I used to start my Ubuntu by going inside grub and write as follow: set root=(hd0,gpt3) linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.19.1-051901-generic root=/dev/nvme0n1p3 initrd /boot/...
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How to mount an encrypted Ubuntu 20.10 ZFS file system from an Ubuntu live CD?

I also accidentally changed the keylocation property and I'm not even sure what was the original value. I have found a path like 'file:///run/keystore/rpool/system.key' but that doesn't work because ...
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Problem mounting internal floppy drive

This is the error I received when I tried mounting internal floppy drive: Error mounting system-managed device /dev/fd0: Command-line `mount "/media/floppy0"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: ...
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Error "mount: mount point /mnt/boot/efi does not exist" when trying to reinstall grub

I had to run fsck on the main partition and this led me to not have grub anymore. So I tried to reinstall it following the instructions here. The first solution got me the error "mount: mount point /...
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Docker volume not properly mounted

My docker-compose.yml (for Immich, in case it's important) contains this: volumes: - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro - /data/NAS_Photos:/mnt/NAS_Photos:...
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Files reduce to zero byte(empty) whenever I paste it or save it in a particular partition

In a dual boot system, I have a directory which can be access by Ubuntu also. Folders can be created, files can be renamed and files can be copied from, but whenever I try to paste or save any file in ...
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How to Install Windows from Extracted ISO on NTFS Partition with Grub2"

I am running Lubuntu 23.04 on /dev/sda3, and it's working well. However, my Windows partition (/dev/sda2) is corrupted. As I don't have access to USB or DVD, I extracted a Windows 10 32-bit ISO to an ...
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Mount: permission denied

I'm following a tutorial for configuring a server, but I had to give a command that is not working. mount -o remount / root @ hsj1: ~ # mount -o remount / mount: permission denied I hope someone ...
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How to mount an AES-encrypted .DMG file containing a FAT12 filesystem?

My question says it all: on Ubuntu, is there any way to mount a .dmg file (as produced by OS X's Disk Utility) that contains an AES-encrypted, FAT12 filesystem? I've seen sporadic advice about how to ...
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SD card wont automatically mount

When plugging in my SD card, I get a message saying "not authorized to perform operation." I can mount it using sudo, but I can't create files on it in nautilus unless I'm running it as root. sudo ...
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Mounting a new hard drive (sda1) to my existing filesystem

I tried to read some posts regarding mounting a new hard drive, but I am facing some problem. My new hard drive is sda1. The output of sudo fdisk -l is: sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sdb: 999.7 GB, ...
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Unable to format external drive (udisks-error-quark, 0)

I am trying to format my external hard drive which contained some important data and was earlier formatted as exFAT. The external hard drive (Transcend 1TB) was bought 6 months prior and it does not ...
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rpi4 - Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS - NFS drive not mounting on boot

I have been having an issue getting an NFS share to automatically mount on boot for a handful of rpi4's all running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. If I run a sudo mount -a the drive successfully mounts with no ...
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A 2TB drive won't mount (exfat), Ubuntu 22.04.3

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS . The 2 terabyte USB drive is a WD "my passport ultra" The drive icon shows up but it doesn't mount. If I alt-click "mount" the result is "Error ...
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External HDD stops mounting just one drive

hope you are well.I usually use external HDD and it worked very well all the time, but today suddenly it stops and i disconnected it. After that when i connect it again my F drive is not mounting. I ...
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how to mount seperate partition for /var [duplicate]

So i am trying to write a script for hardening Ubuntu based on CIS benchmarks, this is what recommended for /var:CIS benchmark details for testing purpose i have installed a new Ubuntu 22.04 in Vbox, ...
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How to mount a compressed disk image?

If I make a disk image and compress it with gzip/xz/etc is there a way to mount it directly without first uncompressing it? Say I've used sudo dd if=/dev/sdc1 | gzip -9 > image1.dd.gz how can I ...
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10 I am unable to access my Seagate 10TB expansion drive

I upgraded from 23.04 to 23.10 and everything seemed to go smoothly except that I am now unable to mount my seagate 10TB expansion drive. Sometimes it is not even available but unplugging and ...
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Drive filled up after connection to NAS was broken

Version: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS This has probably been covered before but I'm not sure what do call it to find it. I use NFS in my fstab to connect my Synology to /media. My Synology went offline for a ...
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Correct way to disable snapd in Ubuntu Server 22.04?

I'm very new to Ubuntu. I have several Raspberry Pi's to be used for a Kubernetes cluster with Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS (64-pit), installed using their Imager tool and running on SSD: # lsb_release -a ...
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How to unmount an ecryptfs .Private directory mounted at /tmp?

Say that I want to view the contents of an encrypted home directory, I can simply use "sudo ecryptfs-recover-private " and it will mount an unencrypted copy at /tmp. That's all fine and good, but how ...
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'Permission denied' to the user who owns the directory

I have a USB hard disk on my machine with an ext4 filesystem mounted to /mnt/data. There is a directory arm on that disk which belongs to the user "arm". root@adler:~# ll /mnt/data/ total 28 ...
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mount dir not really exist

I removed the snapd completely from my server, yet there is a directory still giving me trouble. I can run: cd /snap-snapd-16929 And it seems ok and when I'm running "df ." from inside I ...
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Enable trashes for mounted ext4 partition

I'd like to mount an ext4 partition with subfolders for multiple users /data user1/ user2/ ... just like /home. Thus I copied the fstab entry of the /home mouting, UUID=... /data ext4 ...
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NAS drive will not mount on some WSL2 systems

The same commands for mounting a NAS drive have completely different results. I have data from two computers, both are WSL2 and Windows 11. The only clue I've come up with is the updated Linux kernal (...
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Systemd mount.nfs fails: Network is unreachable on Ubuntu 16.04

I've setup an NFS mount in the /etc/fstab file of an Ubuntu 16.04.6 machine. The NFS fails at every boot, I noticed that when the Unity Greeter comes up the network icon on the top right of the screen ...
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How do you resolve Device not accepting address error 62?

I used my usb drive on a shared computer in my workplace that is very old (Window Vista old I think) and no connection to internet. It detected it but the files and directories are all in gibberish. ...
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How to read and write HFS+ journaled external HDD in Ubuntu without access to OS X?

I have a HFS+ journaled external hard-drive and need to be able to write to it on Ubuntu. I don't have access to my Mac, it's thousands of miles away and I won't have access to it for three months. ...
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USB visible in lsusb and /dev/disk/by-id and dmesg but not fdisk -l

I am trying to mount a usb device so I can copy files. The device is a 64GB NTFS format that is visible in windows. I am running Ubuntu server 16.05 It is not visible using fdisk root@seba1:/# sudo ...
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Asymmetric Filesystem Encryption

How to encrypt (live) data preferrably as a write only filesystem using a rsa public key known on the device (which is offline), that only later can be decrypted by using the private key? So once ...
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mount windows smb to ubuntu server at boot [duplicate]

mount smb with user write/read, via cifs at boot, after network. sudo mount -t cifs -o username=USER,password=PASS //ADDRESS/SHARE /PATH/TO/DIRECTORY/ _netdev Can I add this to etc/fstab? Where do I ...
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How to access own computer drive when using puTTY on a cluster

I am completely new to this (""coding"" and such), so this may be one of the most basic questions asked around here but couldn't find the answer anywhere and have been struggling ...
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Get error(115) trying to mount a Windows filesystem from Ubuntu

Ubuntu 14.04LTS server, I have no GUI desktop In my example I'll use a fake IP address. Trying to mount from Ubuntu to \1.2.3.4\users\me\subdir. Someone has to put a spreadsheet file on the \1.2.3.4\...
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mount with cifs and sec=krb5 fails with "Required key not available"

The problem First time posting here, and also not the most super experienced ubuntu user, so I hope that I can describe my problem well enough. I am trying to mount a windows fileshare to our ubuntu ...