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> From: prolinux-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:prolinux-bounces@leafe.com]

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> Behalf Of Ken Kixmoeller (ProLinux)

> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 2:48 PM

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> Subject: [ProLinux] I have confused my new computer

>

> OK, my new linux box is up and running, sort of.

>

> This is the scenario:

>

> * I installed Ubuntu 11.4 on the new 1TB (SATA) disk that came with

> the machine.

>

> * I have a bunch of ATA disks from my now-dead old Ubuntu computer. I

> have installed two of them internally (one of them is still NTFS), and

> the rest externally with some cheap HDD enclosures.

>

> I had made an error when I first installed the two internal ATA drives

> -- I had the jumper settings wrong. I thought that was why I couldn't

> mount one of them. Otherwise, everything seemed OK. Well, except for

> Samba -- a couple of samba shares, well, wouldn't.

>

> So, I took it apart and fixed the drives. Now, more of the drives

> won't mount. A drive that (the UI tool) says is at "dev/sda" when I

> try to mount it, it says that there is "already a disk mounted at

> media/sdc". If it is at dev/sda, shouldn't it mount at media/sda?

>

> Any suggestions how I work my way out of this mess?

>

> Ken

>

> Further:

>

> ** this is fstab:

> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

> proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

> /dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1

> # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation

> UUID=709095b9-9736-42d6-9b7a-9ab9f7b81028 none swap sw

> 0 0

> /dev/sdb1 /media/sda1 ntfs nls=iso8859-1,users,uid=root 0 0

> /dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 ext4 users 0 0

> /dev/sdd1 /media/sdd1 ext4 users 0 0

> /dev/sdj1 /media/sdj1 ntfs nls=iso8859-1,users,uid=root 0 0

> /dev/sdk1 /media/sdk1 ext4 group=root,users 0 0

> /dev/sde1 /media/sde1 ntfs defaults 0 0

> /dev/sdi1 /media/sdi1 ext4 group=root,users 0 0

>

> ** here is: ls -al /media

> total 44

> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2011-09-12 14:35 .

> drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2011-09-06 22:29 ..

> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-09-11 21:10 sda1

> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-09-10 17:07 sdb1

> drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2011-09-06 22:29 sdc1

> drwx------ 4 ken ken 4096 2011-09-08 16:56 sdd1

> drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8192 2011-09-09 14:52 sde1

> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-09-12 11:06 sdi1

> drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 2011-09-12 14:22 sdj1

> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-09-10 17:08 sdk1

What if you disconnect all the drives except the main SATA, boot it up.

Let it reconfig itself based on the one, main drive.

Power it down. Reconnect one of the drives (making usre master/slave

setting on cable is correct), boot. Confirm it is reading and showing up

sdb...

Continue with other drives, making sure properly set on cable and

jumbers etc...

That's what I would do - try and move what is confusing it and let it

see the added stuff one at a time...

Thanks,

Matthew Jarvis || Business Systems Analyst

IT Department

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center

1460 G Street, Springfield, OR 97477 || Ph: 541-744-6092 || Fax:

541-744-6145

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