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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Where is network directory mounted (direct path)?
I connected to a server using sftp from within Ubuntu's file manager (Files, is it?). Now I'd like to know where it is actually mounted within the Linux file system (i.e. a mount point like /mnt/...
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How to allow other users to access a mounted NTFS partition with a UserMapping file?
I can't get users other than me or root to access the files on a mounted NTFS partition. The answers I've found to similar questions usually mention to set the uid and gid options. In my situation I ...
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How to find file on random partions then mount that partition
Im trying to write a batch script that will find a specific file (EX .homemnt) on a random partion then mount that partition to what ever location I want (EX /home)..
Added notes: Will be used on ...
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Unable to access windows ntfs disk parts?
I've installed Ubuntu along with Windows 8.
At first everything was great, I could use win8 or ubuntu.
Next after installing some programs on ubuntu, im now unable to access files on windows parts ...
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Failed to setup loop device while mounting .iso file
I am trying to install Matlab R2013A in Ubuntu 15.04 using an .iso file and:
I logged in as super user using sudo su.
I made a directory for a mount point using "mkdir -p /mnt/disk"
To mount the ....
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why USB sticks are invisible in NoviCorp wintoflash(windows software)
I am trying to create a boot-able windows 7 USB stick through WinToFlash in wine-tricks.But whenever i started wintoflash,USB drives are not showing.I did so many thing via g-parted,disks...formatting,...
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How do I mount my new 3TB hard drive?
I just bought a new Western Digital hard drive (3tb) off Amazon, which the reviews suggested I could use with Ubuntu as a secondary drive.
sudo fdisk -l gives me:
Disk /dev/sdc: 3000.6 GB, ...
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Installed Ubuntu on a thumb drive with full disk encryption. Doesn't accept the pass when mounted on another install
I checked the full disk encryption (and home dir) options when instlling Ubuntu 15.04 on a thumb drive. The installation was done as you would do on a HDD. It works fine.
However, i plugged the thumb ...
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How do I move empty space on hard drive
I have a 500GB hard drive, internal, and it is split as follows:
Partition Type Mount Point Size Used Flags
1. /dev/sda1 ntfs /media/BackupHD 433.55GiB 408.76 boot
2. /dev/...
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Making multiple pendrives bootable, using command-line
How can I create multiple bootable pen-drives at the same time using Command-Line? For information, the normal flow of making a bootable pendrive using terminal is as follows:
1: Check the pen drive ...
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SD card is recognized but won't mount "can't read superblock"
When attempting to look at the files on my SD card I get the following message.
## Unable to access “16 GB Volume” ##
Error mounting /dev/mmcblk0p1 at /media/automat0n/6366-3430: Command-line `mount -...
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"No object for D-Bus interface" when mounting with Nautilus
I have an internal HDD that gives this error when I try to mount either of its two partitions in Nautilus, while my main HDD works fine.
When I use Disks to mount it works but unmounting in Nautilus ...
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How to mount Google Drive, without grive?
Since grive no longer works with new Google API, how do I mount Google Drive?
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Remounting SMB shares when changing between wifi/wired networks
I've been battling with this for a while with mixed results. I frequently move my laptop between it's dock (wired) and my couch (wireless). Anytime I switch networks, I have to manually run "sudo ...
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How can i mount hard disk partition without deleting files? [duplicate]
I got this error, when I tried to open my partition ...
Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/gr3ch/28DA3B12DA3ADC2E: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000" "/...
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How to List Unmounted partition of a harddisk and Mount them?
How to list the disk partition when they are unmounted?
And how to mount them through terminal?
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Ubuntu 15.04 no longer mounts samba share on boot
I recently upgraded to ubuntu server 15.04 from 14.04. I have this line in my /etc/fstab:
#Samba
//192.168.1.101/mediaserver2/ /mnt/mediaserver/ cifs user=*****,password=*********,iocharset=utf8,...
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Is it OK to mount a partition to /home/
My office system's HDD capacity was 500 GB, but the usable space was only around 100 GB. When I analysed disk I found that some of the space was used by boot and swap and the rest was used by an empty ...
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Suddenly can't run sudo
I didn't do anything on the computer except Internet for a few days and suddenly when I tried to do:
$ sudo apt-get update
I got:
sudo: effective uid is not 0, is /usr/bin/sudo on a file system ...
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Ubuntu partitioning advice
I am searching for a best practice for my use case.
I have setup a vServer with following partitions:
/dev/vda1 2048 1953791 975872 82 Linux Swap / Solaris
/dev/vda2 * ...
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How do I get write access to my external hard drive?
I have recently formatted an external hard drive for use with Ubuntu 14.04 using GParted. I formatted the drive to Ext4, and everything seemed to work until I tried to copy files to the drive, at ...
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Unable to mount secondary BTRFS filesystem to specific subvolume
So I'm trying to wrap my head around BTRFS and set up my fileserver using BTRFS filesystems. Here is my setup:
/dev/sda1 : BTRFS filesystem, contains @, @home subvolumes mounted to
/ and /home.
/dev/...
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rsync back up of entire root system not working using --exclude?
I am trying to do a system back up of my entire OS
I am using these command and both are not excluding the files I want
sudo rsync -avz --exclude="/tmp" --exclude="/sys" --exclude="/lost+found" --...
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FS mounted as RO on boot after upgrade to 15.04
Just upgraded from 14.10 to 15.04.
Couldn't get the system to boot ok.
I could boot using (upstart) option - not using default systemd.
When in default mode the lightdm terminal was stuck before login ...
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CD-ROM issues in Kubuntu 15.04
I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 14.10 to 15.04. Since then, I cannot use my CD drive. If I insert a CD, it doesn't appear on my devices list. If I try mounting it, I get the following error:
% sudo ...
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VBox - shared folder stopped working
On my Win7 host I have an Ubuntu Server 14.04 guest running. I installed the guest additions and successfully mounted the shared folder. I also configured ubuntu to auto mount the shared folder on ...
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automatically unmount sshfs network drives before VPN disconnects on suspend
Reasonably new linux user here. For my work, I regularly mount two network drives via sshfs in Xubuntu 15.05. Now I've written a little bash script to mount/unmount both drives & create a symlink ...
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mkdir in Matlab on sshfs mounted network drive permission denied
I'm trying to make and remove some files and folders as part of a MatLab script I'm developing under Xubuntu 15.04. The script as well as the files and folders are on an sshfs mounted network drive. ...
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Installing MATLAB error: can't find glnx86 folder [duplicate]
I am attempting to install MATLAB on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I am following this guide.
I downloaded the MATLAB 2015a ISO file.
I then typed these commands into the terminal:
$ sudo mkdir /usr/local/iso
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How do I find the location of a mounted folder?
I am attempting (and failing) to install MATLAB on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The guide given here is clear except that I cannot find the location of the mounted folder.
I downloaded an iso file from the web ...
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WinUSB Installation Error
I'm trying to create a bootable windows USB stick, but when I get to the installation process, it gives me this error:
> Installation failed ! Exit code: 512 Log: Formating device... Mounting... ...
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Hard Drives in Startech Enclosure Are Not Recognized
Issue 1 With Computer 1(Running Ubuntu 12.0.4)?
I have 8 external hard drives of varying sizes from different manufactureres that are formatted as either ntfs/ext4. We purchased a Startech 8-bay ...
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Modify size .ext4 file
I'm currently trying to modify the partition table for an embedded platform. One of the files flashed towards the platform is an .ext4 file. I can mount the file, but I can't increase it's size.
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Location of "Connect to Server" mount in a guest session
The question where to find the mount point when connecting to a server through Files has been asked and answered before [1]. However, when logged into a guest session, none of the suggested paths ...
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Help connecting to Fiber HBA
We have a fiber channel set up, and I'd like to connect to it (I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 btw).
I can see the wwpns that were delivered. But I don't quite know what to do from here. I can fdisk to the /...
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How can I mount an external drive with the permission to execute programs from it?
I wanna mount my USB HDD formated as EXT4 to let say /home/user/exe where there will be executable files.
when I mounted my HDD there it mounts fine but I can't run any executable file from there I ...
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Configure automount vboxsf in 15.04
I'm running Ubuntu 15.04 over VirtualBox 4.3.28.
I have a shared folder using vboxsf. Until now, adding the mount -t vboxsf command in /etc/init.d/rc.local file, it was mounted automatically on ...
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How to get data off a Windows partition when "primary GPT table is corrupt, but the backup appears OK"
Was running Windows 8.1 on my Asus Laptop (U37VC). Blue screen; error 0xc000000e. Figure I've screwed up the boot somehow (some hard reboots lately after annoying lags). After disabling the boot ...
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Prevent usb HDD Sleep mode?
I'm having a problem with my computer running Ubuntu server 12.04, I have an external USB HDD plugged in for samba file sharing but after a few hours not using samba the USB HDD goes to sleep. When I ...
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mount partition on ubuntu startup in similar way when clicks on partiton
I want to mount /dev/sda8 partition on startup. For that I created a folder in /mnt/mount_folder. And edited the /etc/fstab file with following entry
/dev/sda8 /mnt/mount_folder ext3 defaults 0 ...
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Import Firefox bookmarks from windows 7 (unbootable) to ubuntu using ubuntu
I have already googled the question and got an incredible answer but I have a problem with replicating it. My windows directory is on the partition called 'OS' and my username is Siba while the ...
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partition not recognized drive wont mount
I have a wicked virus on my windows drive that can't be located for some reason. Virus scans always lock up the PC which always ends in a crash. I installed Ubuntu on my external drive to operate the ...
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Unable to unmount mounted device, not found in mtab
I have a usb drive (/dev/sdb) which is mounted in my system:
$ mount
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/dev/sdb1 on /media/jviotti/CD8B-7D3E type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,...
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A partition copied with cat can't be mounted
OK, I asked it in AskDifferent, but seems that apple folks don't get the idea that everything is file in unix.
Well some days ago my mac got broken, I had an Ubuntu on it and booted through it, first ...
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How to automount a share on every user on the computer? [duplicate]
I want to automount a share from a Ubuntu file-server on my Ubuntu client.
I managed to actually mount it with with the following line in /etc/fstab :
//192.168.1.64/myProj3kt/myProj3kt /home/...
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How is mounting samba share in terminal different to mounting in Nautilus?
I have a server operating a samba share that I can happily navigate by browsing the network, finding the server and share. When I open the share I'm asked to log in. I use my username and password and ...
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Mount failed. A maintenance shell will now be started
I am dualbooting ubuntu and Windows 7.
Installation went well, but when I try to boot ubuntu, the laptop goes black for ever, when I try to wake it up, the file mounting problem appears, asking me to ...
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Can you help me mount a new home directory or similar?
I have a virtualbox with host windows 8 and guest ubuntu 14. Now my disk space is running out and I'm reluctant to doing the complicated partition resizing which doesn't seem completely safe.
I've ...
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Trouble Accessing Mac OS X Partition from Ubuntu 14.04
I have a 1 TB hard drive in a Macbook Pro 6,2 (mid-2010) partitioned with 900 GB for Mac OS X and 100 GB for Ubuntu 14.04. I would like to be able to read the files off the HFS+ partition with OS X ...
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SD Card reader stopped working: cannot even mount it
On my HP 625 Laptop running Ubuntu 14.10 with kernel 3.16.0-28, the SD card reader stopped working after some time. The last actions related to this device were installing exfat-fuse and exfat-utils ...
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