external disk weirdness

[vinnywright]

Model: ATA WDC WD10EZEX-60M (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  984GB   984GB   primary   ext4         boot
 2      984GB   1000GB  16.3GB  extended
 5      984GB   1000GB  16.3GB  logical


Model: SanDisk Cruzer Fit (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      16.4kB  16.0GB  16.0GB  primary  ext4         lba


Model:  USB DISK 2.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 4008MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      4129kB  4008MB  4004MB  primary  fat32        lba

i think so, is that disk at /dev/sdc the disk? 4008MB seems about right...

about 1000MB is 1GB ,,,,,,,,,,1000GB IS 1TB ,,,,,,,so no this is a 4GB disk + you say you partitioned it (the 3TB disk) into 2 partitions ,,,sdc is 1 partition formated fat32

VINNY

[przxqgl]

with the drive pluged in do you see it with

sudo parted -l

Model: ATA WDC WD10EZEX-60M (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  984GB   984GB   primary   ext4         boot
 2      984GB   1000GB  16.3GB  extended
 5      984GB   1000GB  16.3GB  logical


Model: SanDisk Cruzer Fit (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      16.4kB  16.0GB  16.0GB  primary  ext4         lba


Model:  USB DISK 2.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 4008MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      4129kB  4008MB  4004MB  primary  fat32        lba

i think so, is that disk at /dev/sdc the disk? 4008MB seems about right...

[vinnywright]

with the drive pluged in do you see it with

sudo parted -l

?

VINNY

[przxqgl]

i am running trusty, and i have a 3TB external (USB) hard disk that i have partitioned into 2 partitions, one 1TB and one 2TB (approximately). i have them mounted at /media/home and /media/backup, they mount at startup, and everything works the way i would expect it to.

until i decide to upgrade my box (the old box didn't have as much memory, and one of the two internal hard disks was dying).

when i got the new box up and running, even with the USB drive plugged in, it doesn't mount, and it doesn't even show up in /dev that i can see...

i had a similar problem a while ago, which i fixed using the instructions found here -- https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...-my-USB-drives -- but when i tried that, it didn't make any obvious difference.

any clues?