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corellon

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Registered: 2015-10-31

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] Mouting 3TB External HDD without formatting

Hi all,

I'd like to mount my 3TB external but am experiencing issues.
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# Here is the fdisk output:

Disk /dev/sdc: 746.5 GiB, 801569726464 bytes, 1565565872 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 9C761D07-8333-44DB-AB87-0C529E630C60

Device      Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sdc1      34     262177     262144  128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdc2  264192 5860532223 5860268032  2.7T Microsoft basic data
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# I run the following command:

sudo mount /dev/sdc2 /media

and get back:

mount: special device /dev/sdc2 does not exist

# I also run:

sudo mount -t gpt /dev/sdc /media

and get back:

mount: unknown filesystem type 'gpt'
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My guess is that it would be easier if the partitions were something linux was more familiar with,
like ext4, but I already have data on this drive, and I am without the means to perform a back up.
Are there any (quick) incantations I could whisper into my system to make this work?

Last edited by corellon (2018-09-20 19:45:29)

circleface

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Registered: 2012-05-26

Posts: 639

Re: [SOLVED] Mouting 3TB External HDD without formatting

Check this and your problem should be fixed.

corellon

Member

Registered: 2015-10-31

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Mouting 3TB External HDD without formatting

I don't remember how I finally ended up going about this problem, or whether this problem specifically was solved, but I do know I now no longer deal with it. Marking as SOLVED.