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#1 2011-04-23 11:59:15

rg_arc
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external hard drive problems

For some reason I can't move items to the trash or open zip files or extract files from my external hard drive... Also I need permission to mount my internal partition... I think there is some issue dealing with permissions? When I click "choose file" in google chrome and I browse to my external hard drive and click on certain folders the browser completely crashes and exits out of all tabs...

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#2 2011-04-23 14:08:28

soltis
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Re: external hard drive problems

Maybe the problem lies in permissions to this external hard drive. Check your /etc/fstab and ensure that it does not include 'ro' in the "options" column. Also check that You have installed this package: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ntfs ( If file system in this drive is NTFS ).

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#3 2011-04-23 14:19:17

shadyabhi
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Re: external hard drive problems

Is your partition ntfs?
For read/write support you need to have ntfs-3g installed

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#4 2011-04-23 15:02:23

byte
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From: Düsseldorf (DE)
Registered: 2006-05-01
Posts: 2,046

Re: external hard drive problems

... and install pmount, too.

It's good for you.

Like pre-dinner mayo.


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#5 2011-04-24 10:03:12

rg_arc
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Re: external hard drive problems

This is my /etc/fstab:

#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
devpts                 /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
shm                    /dev/shm      tmpfs     nodev,nosuid        0      0
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda7 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/sda8 /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2

Also... when I installed the ntfs-3g package I read the wiki... but it was really confusing. Should I just modify the fstab? My external hard drive is mounting properly and it works for the most part.. I just have issues with the permissions granting access to files. I am not sure if my device is ntfs or not but I would imagine it was made for use with windows primarily.

edt: also, I did install pmount as well... but I am not sure how to use that either

Last edited by rg_arc (2011-04-24 10:04:57)

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#6 2011-04-24 11:09:30

shadyabhi
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Re: external hard drive problems

Are you added to the "storage" group?

To check use $groups <username>

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#7 2011-04-24 11:49:15

byte
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Re: external hard drive problems

'blkid' tells you which filesystems are on your devices.
And if that's an external drive you shouldn't do anything with fstab.
GUI file managers and pmount on the console will handle the mounting automatically.


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#8 2011-04-26 06:38:21

rg_arc
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Re: external hard drive problems

shadyabhi wrote:

Are you added to the "storage" group?

To check use $groups <username>

I am added to the storage group

$blkid
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="FreeAgent Drive" UUID="90C85CAFC85C94F6" TYPE="ntfs" 

This is my external Hard Drive... and it says its ntfs...

Also, I changed my icon themes from high contrast SVG to something else... and that seemed to fix the problem

Last edited by rg_arc (2011-04-26 06:39:47)

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