Questions tagged [unmount]
Unmount refers to making the storage device like, external HDD, USB storage inaccessible to the OS. This tag can be used for questions related to mounting or unmounting of a device.
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Auto unmount after Every boot
I deleted Windows and installed Ubuntu perfectly in my pc. (128gb SSD for os+ 1TB). But after some days I mistakenly deleted my 1TB partitions and I had to manually parition Using Gparted. But after ...
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Linux unmount automatically external drive / array after time
I have an external hard drive array that is permanently attached to the computer. I specified the array in /etc/fstab. When I start the computer, it is also mounted correctly. Only after a while it is ...
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Unmount not working
I have a mounted partition that can't be unmounted :
> sudo umount /dev/sdc1
umount: /home/me/mounts/sdc1: not mounted.
> sudo mount | grep sdc1
/dev/sdc1 on /home/me/mounts/sdc1 type ext4 (rw,...
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Permanently disable internal disk on Ubuntu
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on an old MacBook. This MacBook has both an internal SSD and an internal HDD. Ubuntu is running from the SSD and the HDD is not required in Ubuntu.
However, it is ...
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AppImage unmount / process kill option
fresh started with linux, im trying to migrate from my win media srv to linux 20.04. i have qbittorrent appimage 4.4.3.1 installed, and the AppImage works fine. I have added the path to the appimage ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 slow to dismount Garmin GPS
I have a Garmin eTrex 30 GPS which appears to a host computer as a USB flash drive, or more precisely like two drives, one for the device's internal memory and the other for its MicroSD expansion card....
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Unmount volume, and dependent mounts
I explain:
Currently I have:
A volume mounted to a directory, /mountDirectory
And I also have a local directory that has a mount bind to a directory on the volume:
/localDirectory mount bind /...
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How to mount or unmount all partitions of a device at once using udisksctl?
I need to use udisksctl.
I tried the classic method /dev/sda?* already seen on the internet:
udisksctl mount -b /dev/sda?*
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udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sda?*
/dev/sda?* in my case is equivalent to /...
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I tried to mount Windows partion "/dev/sda1 by terminal but But it mounted directly on the /media
how to fix this and How to mount /dev/sda1 in /media with specific
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Unable to partition or format Laptop drive to NTFS for Windows installation
Less than two weeks ago I installed Ubuntu 20.10 as my new main OS, and now I wish to install Windows again for dual-booting. I would like to first install Windows 10, then reinstall Ubuntu again as I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Server - USB Drive Random Unmount
I have four external usb3 hard drives connected via a usb3 hub to my Ubuntu 20.04 server.
Hardware is an intel core i7-6700T with 8GB ram.
Drives are mounted using fstab and this command:
UUID**** /...
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Unmount ntfs drive in bash script in systemd
I write an systemd class service to backup up my downloads of linux every time it reboots.
In my shell I have a command line for mount dev/sda5 but I have't any command for unmount that drive. but it ...
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assign free space Gparted - can not unmounted - /dev/nvme0n1p5
Apologized if this is a silly question however I am fairly new with Ubuntu.
I cannot assign free space to Ubuntu. What am I missing?
I am trying to increase the size of the space I have in Ubuntu (20....
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Cannot eject hdd from files tab even when forced through cmd
Hi all Im very new to linux and have just bult my first linux based computer and having some issues with my internal storage hdds.
I have one 18tb seagate connected to my adeptec pcie card via sas, ...
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Unmounting USB drive takes a lot of time
Whenever I transfer some data to my USB drive (even 200MB) and try unmounting it after the completion of the transfer. Ubuntu says Writing data to a USB drive, the device should not be unplugged, and ...
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Trying to unmount Logical Volume, gives error "umount: /dev/lvm3/nlv1: not mounted"
I'm fairly new to Logical Volume Management, so please bare with me. I want to unmount the logical-volume lvm3-nlv1, in order to finally delete it.
Viewing mount point using lsblk
When I run lsblk, ...
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Can I permanently deny Ubuntu access to a second, internal hard drive?
I have a MacBook Pro (mid 2009, El Capitan) that has two, physical, internal hard drives in it—I removed the built-in dvd drive and replaced it with a second HD.
I've installed Ubuntu 20.04 on the ...
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How do I find and use `--object-path` with `udisksctl`?
I don't understand the --object-path option in the udisksctl command
I want to unmount an USB thumb drive, but I don't want to have to lookup it's device name (for example /dev/sdb) at each mount. The ...
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sleep internal hdd forever
I have an internal hdd what I just rarely use under ubuntu, I want to send the hdd to sleep mode but after 10 minutes it is always wake up.
I turned off in the disks to auto mount this drive
after ...
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CLI command for powering off Flash-Drive "disk"
#!/bin/bash
borg create /media/greg/flash-drive/borg::"$(date +%FT)" /home/greg/borg && umount -l /media/greg/flash-drive
I use the above script to make backups to a thumb-...
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System error at shutdown unmounting external USB drive
I use an external USB hard drive for my data store. I have the drive mounted at boot time via fstab. When I first set this up when doing a fresh install of 20.04 a few months ago, everything worked ...
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How to create disk partitions without unmounting the disk?
So, I want to create a partition of 400 GB of my 1 TB HDD to install Windows 10 on it. I could usually use FDisk but I believe it requires me to have unmounted the disk. I could create a bootable USB ...
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Non Existent Volume Keeps Showing Up in Files and in Favorites Bar
Just installed Ubuntu for the first time this morning, for some reason I see a drive called "64 GB Volume" that I am unable to open or unmount. When attempting to open it I get this error, ...
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Mount HDD to a new location
My SSD(sdb) in mounted on / and HDD(sda) on /home. I want to unmount my HDD from /home and mount it on /home/naufil/Desktop. Please let me know step by step. I don't want my ubuntu to crash
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Problem with fstab
I have a linux server where i have setup a nextcloud instance. I have 2 hdd´s that i have combined to one folder to mnt/cloud.
It has been working great, but over the last week it randomly unmounts &...
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Power off vs. "safely eject" or "unmount" of external devices (cameras, (android) smartphones, externally powered hdd's, etc)?
Title says it all pretty much; I would strongly assume this question would have been answered before and therefore may well be a duplicate (a very quick google and sx check didn't find retrieve ...
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Can't unmount USB drive. Error messages say it's not mounted
I have a problem with my USB drives. I have two drives, one partition each. One is EXT4, the other FAT32. I formatted both with Ubuntu itself. They both seem "known good."
If I plug both ...
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Removable USB Drive disappears from "FILES" list when closed. Can not unmount
Ubuntu 18.04. Can use the USB memory stick but, it disappears from any list (anywhere) so I can not "Eject" it.
The stick keeps getting corrupted, and, I can not find any help from the OS at all. ...
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I think I forgot to properly eject my external hard drive. Now it won't mount
I have a decade worth of pictures on it. I'm using the 2020 version of Unbuntu Linux.
I found a few threads that address this issue from years ago. Are these methods still relevant for 2020?
Also, ...
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Problems executing umount in shell script but not manually
I have been creating a shell script to restore our azure fileshares when needed. Previously we executed these tasks manually and we did not have problems with that but we decided to automate those.
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How to Unmount Shared folder
I have used sudo mount.cifs -o username=(windows username) //(windows sharefoder IP addres)/(Windows Share folder name) /Ubuntu Share folder path to access to Windows share folder. but I cant un-mount ...
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Can I power down an external drive automatically when it unmounts?
I know this question is answered a lot, but I couldn't find a answer that make this happen automatically. What I would like is when I unmount the last partition of the the external HDD (as it may have ...
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How to unmount CD drive
I am returning to Ubuntu after some time so I am a bit rusty. My machine is running 16.04 LTS and I want to upgrade to the current 18.04. I have downloaded this and want to transfer it to a CD-R so ...
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Mount / unmount storage device what happens to files
I have problems understanding the following.
In /etc/fstab I've mounted an external storage volume with:
//xyz.backup.com/backup /home/me/external_backup_volume cifs user=xyz,password=xyz,users 0 0
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NFS Drives Unmount Seemingly Randomly
I have an ubuntu server for media streaming at home. Everything seems to work ok. I can read and write from my mac laptop and get pretty good speeds. The drives are 2 USB external boxes (4 x 4tb and 2 ...
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Unmounting a external hard drive which has Ubuntu installed on it
I have Ubuntu installed on an external HDD drive. The laptop has Windows installed before.
I started the computer, pressed F9, loaded Ubuntu, did a bit of basic programming, and then clicked ...
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Can't eject USB drive without sudo?
I'm trying to eject a USB drive in the command line with eject /dev/sdg1 but I get the following error:
eject: unable to open `/dev/sdg'
The command unmounts the drive but does not eject it. However,...
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umount multiple mounts under same directory
My system has a USB, an sd card and an SSD connected. I mounted all the devices USB(/dev/sdb1), SSD(/dev/sda1) and sd card(/dev/mmcblk1p1) under /mnt. Is there any way to unmount all the devices ...
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What is the correct way to unmount an NTFS external drive under Ubuntu 18?
Yesterday, I had my external USB hard drive (NTFS) connected to a client's laptop running Ubuntu 18 because I wanted to get some data off of it.
When I was done, I would normally type umount /media/...
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unable to mount any drive that working fine on windows [duplicate]
Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.
When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I ...
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How to shrink home partition on a running OS (Ubuntu Linux)? [duplicate]
I want to reduce the size of the /home partition, so I need to unmount it. How can I do it using GParted?
What type of file system is better for accessing both Windows and Linux?
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How do I keep a volume mounted when I boot up in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
How do I keep a volume mounted when I boot into Ubuntu 18.04
It disappears on every boot.
Thank you
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USB pendrive : the copy takes about 3 minutes but the unmount takes a very long time : 10 to 12 minutes
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
I formatted an USB pen-drive to NTFS to prepare a Windows7 USB Installer.
I set the bootable flag on this pen-drive and copied the files into it.
EDIT 1: The USB pen-drive ...
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Started computer, home folder moved to a separate volume, all OS settings gone
Today I started up my computer to find the desktop back to its stock look and my home folder has somehow been plucked and put into a different volume.
How can something like this happen?
The ...
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Automatically USB mount in /media/usb/LABEL and remove mountpoint after unplug (w/o unmount)
I'm building a little homeserver for a friend and he wants this as simple as it can get - so without the use of command line / ssh.
Everything works fine now. I installed Ubuntu Server 17.10, ...
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What's the proper way to disconnect hot-swap SATA hard drive?
I'm using a SATA hot-swap bay and I have in BIOS this particular port configured specifically for "Hot-Swap".
This bay has convenient "POWER ON/OFF" button, so no interruptions during plugging-in/out ...
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External Drive Shows in Files But is Not Connected and Can't Be Removed
In the file browser I see what appears to be a 3.7GB external flash drive/hard-drive connected to my computer. There is no 3.7GB drive attached to this computer. There is the usual unmount icon next ...
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Disks are mounted by themselves on Ubuntu Server 16.04
I have a luks encrypted disk that I want to unmount and sleep while it's not used.
For that I use umount /mnt/4T, cryptdisks_stop 4t_crypt and finally hdparm -y /dev/disk/by-uuid/dfafea2b-7678-445e-...
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How to automatically power off usb devices after unmounting
How to create a setup such that if I unmount an USB disk then it automatically powers off too?
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Problems booting ubuntu after unmounting or formating HDD (data disk)?
After I deleted the partition on my internal HDD (only datadisk) and therefore unmounted the HDD I could not access Ubuntu 16.04 (Kernel 4.11) anymore with an error showing up
Failed to start LSB: ...
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