once again, mounting another volume or hdd the fstab-file is giving me a headache. May someone could give me a hint how to configure the fstab-file properly to use the hdd.
The following
is giving me this
Thats the UUID for /dev/sdb1 with the name "save"
This is what it shows typing
Thats how the fstab-file looks like now.
new attempt, ext2 is the fliesystem, thats correct
I tried it like this, to mount it at boot. But this entry in fstab
tells me that the special device is not available.
I have to translate this into english, the installation I made is not english.
Trying again, needing more coffee and chocolate, because its a riddle, that I still use an mp3-player bought back in 2009, that since then never caused any trouble plugging it in, on Ubuntu, BSD, Fedora and Debian. This tiny mp3-player and its software is made by a well known japanese OEM brand. So what is the riddle with that fstab to not recognize a OEM brand hdd. Last attempt threw me back to rescue mode. An unknown device, blinking initfs or ramfs, not even rebooting was accepted.
rethinking the mount point, as my fstab tells me root is at /, I typed into the fstab a mountpoint that is given by the command
in the /etc folder, but trying as root to mount just like this
once again I am told the special device is not there. Yep, very special.
So the root acts like this
The fstab looks now like this
I already tried default as an option, dump set to 2, it remains unreadable. So, if someone has got a better hint than wiki for fstab on unix-like systems, I would appreciate it.
Last edited by 1in10; 04-02-2016 at 11:38 PM..
Reason: a third attempt
setting fstab options to defaults, no reply at all
May the moderator should move this thread to BSD, because it did not work at all an linux.
I set in on the mountpoint /dev/usr and after rebooting the boot-routine told me, that the second hdd was not unmounted correctly.
Systemd forced a fsck for the 2nd hdd and after not even half of the 2nd volume I was stuck on a black screen with a cursor.
On linux it did not work at all. I guess even trying to replace systemd is quite a task, not to disturb the runnig system. So on linux with systemd for the enthusiasts of their distro they may try the following commands one after another and have a look at it.
So I am fighting my way through bsd where to mount that hdd properly in the fstab. Here is the actual output of my fstab on bsd.
This is interesting, pluggin the hdd into the bsd machine it is recognized by gpart list, but not yet ready to be accessed. After
typing
there are two entries in the drop down menu for the same device. As far as I know ext2 is the basic for cooperation between linux and bsd. So now I do not have the rights, because this device has been installed in another machine with another root and user. So what can I do? Something like
yes, I remember one user on this forum telling me, that this is not the magical sledgehammer, but I need the data of the disk, it is about some years of work. And since I am working on my own machine as a single user, whats the matter with that?
this is what
tells me about the second hdd.
So any hints to solve this problem? Many thanks in advance.
Last edited by 1in10; 04-06-2016 at 09:42 PM..
Reason: loader.conf on bsd
My next attempt (on bsd 10) after searching loader.conf in /boot was to set there
two lines fore ext2fs and ext4fs. So my loader.conf now looks like this
The last line was recommended after reinstalling ext2fs.
By the way, my shell allways sets my last commands to zero after rebooting, how to change that?
The up above notice to run
did result in nothing, saying that the command
was not found.
So what to do?
Every time I tried to mount the 2nd hdd, there appears the message, ain't got no rights to do so.
So installing the whole system again, at the point where you can add a disk, I did so, adding even a slice in the format ufs. But again, no rights to mount the volume.
As root in the termninal changing the fstab brings me even more trouble. Rebooting and I am hung in the recovery mode unable to comment the line out in the fstab. I guess this is due to sudo as a file in all that packages. Within the terminal I can modify the file, rebooting, sets me to nothing.
Reading about this, installing in /usr/ports etx2fs and ext4fs
which are already there. So the kernel-bakery was not necessary.
After that I moved on to
looking at
By the way, I set in the first two under
May I should apply as well to
I really don't know.
After that I had a look at
where the second hdd is listed as
and
. So it is there.
After that looking at
and
The last one is warning not to write anything into it, 'cause updating the whole thing will overwrite it again. So any changes should be done in /etc/rc.conf
And right here in
I see fstab. But I made this experience before, any changes to this file are leading to nothing. I guess the reason for this is an installed sudo (never mind on debian jessie you will have fakeroot, calif and sudo, so you may read all that complaints of apple users and sudo).
I once added a line to this fstab, and my day was done, hung up at reboot. Even changing file permissions to 775. So reinstall all that system again.
Now looking at gsmartcontrol, my 2nd disk is sound and safe, no bad blocks, it is just not accepted to mount it.
Reading now the freebsd manpage about gpart and another article, there is a hint to add a slice to the 2nd hdd, starting at 1MB, just to have another partition table other than mbr on it. I did so at reinstalling the sys, resulting in nothing again. So my next attempt would be to read the next days gpart and test it with an usb-stick, unless someone here has got another idea. To cut a long story short, is it a good idea to add a slice to the 2nd hdd, beside the mbr that is already there, just to gain access to it? Or how to copy the content and after that format it? And how to gain access to it? That is the crucial point.
Last edited by 1in10; 04-09-2016 at 09:03 PM..
Reason: setting it up again, starting all over again
rying it this way, because I can't handle the slices for the second hdd. If there is someone on this forum who can help me out of that misery, he would really save my digital life in this digital ocean.
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