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Foxblood

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From: Dublin, Ireland

Registered: 2010-10-06

Posts: 29

Cannot mount sdb1 to /mnt

This is my second attempt at this. I want to install to sdb1. I did mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 and it gives dev /sdb1 contains a ISO 9660 file system labelled Arch 202104. Proceed anyway? (The Arch ISO image is a remnant of yesterdays failed attempt). I type y and get dev /sdb1 is mounted. Will not make a filesystem here! If I try to proceed with mount sdb1 /mnt, I get Warning, source write-protected, mounted read-only. Can anyone please point me in the right direction or explain what I'm doing wrong, thanks.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,083

Re: Cannot mount sdb1 to /mnt

Are you absolutely certain sdb1 is your actual disk to install on and not the USB you are trying to do the installation from? What's your output of

lsblk -f

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Foxblood

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From: Dublin, Ireland

Registered: 2010-10-06

Posts: 29

Re: Cannot mount sdb1 to /mnt

Thanks for your reply.

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Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,431

Re: Cannot mount sdb1 to /mnt

So yes, sdb is your USB flash drive. That's not where you want to install.

Foxblood

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From: Dublin, Ireland

Registered: 2010-10-06

Posts: 29

Re: Cannot mount sdb1 to /mnt

Thanks for your help. I'll recheck my drives/space. Cheers.