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.
7,489 questions
0
votes
0
answers
26
views
Drive failure after open a folder from ide
i was using windows 10 before then changed to ubuntu. after i open a folder from ide. im seeing
Unable to access location
Error mounting/dev/sdb4 at/media/acc/Others1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
28
views
Some USB drives are not mounting
My microSD card will not mount in the built-in SD card reader or in a USB adapter. It worked fine earlier in the adapter, then I ate dinner, came back, and now it plays the noise when I plug it in, ...
0
votes
0
answers
37
views
HDD drive is visible but can't mount or fix file system as its greyed out
I have had this Ubuntu File Server at home for about 15 years. Recently, the motherboard and CPU died and I had to get a new one of those. All good. Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS successfully, no issues.
...
0
votes
0
answers
33
views
How to get Lacie 4BIG Quadra 4TB external hard drive to mount on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
I have a 4TB Lacie 4BIG Quadra hard drive that I use on Windows 11 and it works perfectly fine, but the issue is that for some reason, when I go on Ubuntu (I dual boot it with Windows on a separate ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
51
views
wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error
I have freshly installed Ubuntu system where I mounted an external drive with NTFS filesystem, which worked just fine three days ago after I installed Ubuntu, but now when I plug it in and try to ...
-1
votes
0
answers
59
views
My USB shows in Disks but nowhere else and I can't format it
I have tried to format it, but all the buttons are gray and using the cmd prompt isn't working either. I followed someone else's guide and it did nothing.
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
231
views
Changing home directory from one small SD card to another big SD card fails
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 on a ThinkPad.
The current /home is separately on a
small SD card (256GB, ext4) and I need to use a bigger SD card (1TB, ext4) instead.
I tried to follow the "change home ...
- 309
0
votes
0
answers
45
views
Failed to spawn executor - Input/output error
I reinstalled Ubuntu 24.04.2 on my Laptop.
I have 2 SSD disks each containing 3 partitions (1GB-/boot, 2GB-/boot/efi, 417GB-/)
I installed Ubuntu on Sabrent drive (2nd Toshiba drive should be empty).
...
- 101
4
votes
1
answer
257
views
Ubuntu clients joined to Windows AD: users can log in but cannot access their personal SMB home directories
I manage an on-premises Windows Active Directory domain and I am migrating part of our Windows workstations to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu machines are successfully joined to the AD domain, and domain users can ...
- 41
2
votes
1
answer
161
views
Data is not written on external flash drives by default, only when using "sync" in the terminal
I am an ubuntu 24.04 user and I have a strange problem with some external usb flash drives.
I have an external hard disk (6 TB) formatted with ext4 which works as intended. I move/copy/delete files ...
- 23
0
votes
2
answers
209
views
How do I go about partitioning my hard drive for an Ubuntu installation?
Why doesn't Windows 10 let me install Ubuntu?
It is the Ubuntu desktop installer and 24.04 LTS. I do not have fast boot. I Used Rufus with GPT partition scheme and target system UEFI.
I have ...
0
votes
2
answers
158
views
auto mounting smb/samba/cifs shares on reboot
I know this is a common question, but I've tried everything I can find and can't make it work. Normally I can figure this stuff out, but I'm stumped.
Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, guest on VMWare Fusion on ...
0
votes
1
answer
58
views
udiskctl mount - how is target location/directory determined?
I had been trying to enable sudo-less use of the mount/umount commands so that I can do this with my regular user during backup jobs, going to a TerraMaster DAS via USB. I like to unmount the drive ...
0
votes
0
answers
56
views
SSD card not working after I updated
Two days ago I have updated my PC as usual (sudo apt update/upgrade) and noticed today that my SSD card suddenly went missing. I could not find it in my files, but I could find it in GParted where it ...
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
50
views
Ubuntu Server 24.04 not booting from mount point specified in /etc/fstab
I accidentally deleted /etc/fstab so I followed the answer here, but I mounted the wrong drive (/dev/sda3). Now when I try to change the mount point to /dev/sda5 it stays as /dev/sda3 after reboot.
...
- 11