Mounting My Linux Library

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I have paramedics on standby, Chuckster, just in case.

We can do this. I BELIEVE IN YOU.

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I was a bit of a nervous nelly, and didn’t try this straight away, but it seems the the -d flag here worked.

my own mood improving, if no one else’s

Suppose, I shall head back to this fork in the road, here:

One thing you might want to do here is make the NTFS drive “clean” from the linux perspective.

If you see it mounted now. wherever it is, remember where it’s mounted (the device & partition info)

sudo umount /dev/sdxx
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdxx

Now check the label to make sure it’s what you want:

sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdxx

If not right,

sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdxx NewLabelName

Lastly, if the UUID info is correct,

sudo mount /ntfs/partition/mount/point

This last step confirms everything in /etc/fstab is correct for that drive.

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yuck.

This is why I don’t use NTFS. It’s EVIL. :imp:

That scripting (from Kubuntu) is indeed broken if it creates this mess.

Definitely take your time and walk back through the steps.

Try to understand what each does along the way.

If you want to read about a command, the full docs are always there:

for example:

man ntfslabel
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# sudo umount /dev/sdb2
umount: /dev/sdb2: not mounted.
# sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb2
New Volume
# sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb2 Westie
# sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb2
Westie
# sudo mount /ntfs/partition/mount/point
mount: /ntfs/partition/mount/point: can't find in /etc/fstab.
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cough

Where are you going to mount it?

/ntfs/partition/mount/point

This is where you replace my text with where you’re going to mount it .
It should be the same directory path you entered in /etc/fstab.

Don’t use my text literally.

:man_facepalming:

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Heh. I don’t know how I should know where the drive should be mounted, but I’m happy to learn.

I don’t see us discussing etc/fstab or have it in my console?

This is what I saved (before we changed the drive name), as instructed from your handy guide:

dev/sdb2 = /media/rudy/New Volume LABEL=“New Volume” UUID=“042603022602F488” TYPE=“ntfs” PARTLABEL=“Basic data partition” PARTUUID=“711f66fc-3457-4475-9197-0d350cb64a71”

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I presumed, since you referenced my How-To, that you had chosen a location to mount the drive(s).

In my How-To, I show /disks but any non-conflicting name which suits you is perfectly OK.

Underneath that directory is where we place multiple drives – OR – mount a single drive – depending on the case.

After you went through that How-To , where did you decide to put the drive ?
What did you enter into /etc/fstab for it ?

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Ah, I see where we are, per the guide.

C. Create the locations where we will graft everything into Linux

…at which point, we countered our strange NTFS stuff.

I had begun the graft, and simply have the two folders mkdir’d in root/disks

You know, it’s getting late over here in the UK, and I feel guilty that I’ve taken too much your time,. Chuck.

I am attempting to fix this all up for my partner, who is having a tough time health-wise very far away from me right now and would like to watch fancy schmancy foreign films and/or cheesy 80s romances with me. So, for heroic boyfriend reasons I’m definitely going to return a bit later in the week, if that’s okay by you, to see if we can indeed get to the finish line.

Please enjoy the rest of you’re weekend and thanks for what help you have given, so far, good sir.

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Let me know when. If need be, we can make arrangements for me to help outside the forum.

As for time, I have time. Just let me know.

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:+1:

The best motivation.

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