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On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:38:45 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 09:21:50PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote |
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> > This came up recently with a different subject. Your device does not |
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> > have a partition table, instead the filesystem occupies the whole |
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> > device (sometimes referred to as a "superfloppy" format). There's |
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> > nothing wrong with this, I have a couple of USB sticks like it, and |
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> > my Nexus S is the same. |
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> > Your automounter should still pick it up. |
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> I don't use an automounter. I like to be in control of what gets |
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> mounted when. |
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Then use an intelligent automounter, that only mounts things you want it |
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to and lets you make choices about the rest :) |
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> Thanks for the explanation. With it in mind I've finally |
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> come up with a plan that works. |
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> In /etc/sudoers.d/001 I've included... |
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> waltdnes i3 = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc |
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> And there's an entry for a vfat device in /etc/fstab for directory |
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> /mnt/extc. The command "/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" seems to read in the |
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> partition table into the system and things work from there on in. fdisk |
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> only works as root, hence the sudo command. Here's a sample session... |
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> waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc |
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> mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist |
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> waltdnes@i3 ~ $ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc |
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> Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16012804096 bytes |
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> 256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1939 cylinders, total 31275008 sectors |
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> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |
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> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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> Disk identifier: 0x00000000 |
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> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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> /dev/sdc1 * 2048 31275007 15636480 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) |
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> waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc |
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> waltdnes@i3 ~ $ |
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In that case, you have a different situation since there is clearly a |
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partition on the disk. The partition table may be slightly faulty, hence |
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the need for fdisk. Recreating the partition table with fdisk should fix |
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that permanently. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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