Your favorite feature in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy?
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infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
Just do a "dmesg" on the terminal and find out the details of the drive. Then mount.
@vish
He has a laptop.
@vish
He has a laptop.
I have answered it 'n^n' times but let me do so again.gx_saurav said:
Ubuntu => Distributed by Canonical => A Business Organisation => Legal Enitity => Operates in UK
Knoppix => Created by Community => Not a legal entity => Operates in and around Germany
Laws reguarding IP and OSS favour much more towards IP in UK, whereas when it comes to most of the others European Countries especially EU are much more oriented towards protecting their own rights.
NTFS => Patented by MS => Cannot be distributed without legal consent of MS
It would be very easy for MS to sue Canonical then even think of suing Klaus Knopper, who's just an ordinary citizen.
Thus, the chances of MS being able to do anything to Knoppix is next to nil for the above mentioned reasons. Thus, it's much easier for Knoppix to bundle NTFS write support and not so for Canonical.
Well I tend to disagree. It's software and some unfortunate bugs can creep in. I do remember once, I had asked harsh to try some workaround method to login as root. That required to kill the xserver. And it wouldn't start again at all. Poor me had to take all the blame till the time kalpik came to his rescue and showed that it wasn't my fault but a bug in the update, but that was corrected within 24hrs nonetheless.faraaz said:@infra_red_dude: Yeah...I mean, this isn't Windows update is it?Very safe, reliable and above all...quick! So I figured why not?
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mediator
Technomancer
@faraaz: U aint got the point! Do not post output just like that. 'dmesg' briefs bt the devices attached/found. So all that stuff u posted is bt ur system. Wheneva u attach a new device like pen drive the system writes more info and u get it via dmesg.
So check dmesg. Insert ur usb hdd drive and then check the dmesg again. The last lines that u find new are the exact ones for usb drive. From there u get the device i.e sda,sdb etc. Post that instead or post the dmesg stuff after u have inserted ur usb hdd drive!
So check dmesg. Insert ur usb hdd drive and then check the dmesg again. The last lines that u find new are the exact ones for usb drive. From there u get the device i.e sda,sdb etc. Post that instead or post the dmesg stuff after u have inserted ur usb hdd drive!
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
@faraaz
Woopsie!!! There are some errors:
Btw, this doesn't look like your Laptop.
Woopsie!!! There are some errors:
I haf no idea what the errors mean, but I haf a gut feeling that this is your external USB-SATA HDD.
Btw, this doesn't look like your Laptop.
QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
The correct code actually would be
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dmesg | grep sdbinfra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
@Qwerty
Looking at dmesg, that will not return anything in his case.
Looking at dmesg, that will not return anything in his case.
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faraaz
Evil Genius
@infra_red_dude, mediator: Sorry about that...I'm not too savvy with all the advanced forum stuff...nor with dmesg...
Infra_red, why you say that doesnt look like my laptop?? I assure you its an Inspiron 9100, config is 3.2 GHz P4 with 1 GB RAM, 160 GB WD HDD, 256 MB Radeon 9800 and some other stuff...I'd picked it up in 2005...
Infra_red, why you say that doesnt look like my laptop?? I assure you its an Inspiron 9100, config is 3.2 GHz P4 with 1 GB RAM, 160 GB WD HDD, 256 MB Radeon 9800 and some other stuff...I'd picked it up in 2005...
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
Hey faraaz can you do this? Get another Live distro and boot it off the CD. Now see if the external disk is recognised or not.
Oh, actually I was thinking on these lines that since you recently left for Zurich and had said that you got a new laptop I thot that this one is not yours (Since now no P4 based laptops are available).
Oh, actually I was thinking on these lines that since you recently left for Zurich and had said that you got a new laptop I thot that this one is not yours (Since now no P4 based laptops are available).
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
^^^ He says it works fine on Windows.
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faraaz
Evil Genius
Okay to update...I removed the usb, typed dmesg, plugged in the usb...and was going to type dmesg again, when it popped up messages saying NTFS drive could not be mounted because of unclean shutdown! This was my external drive!
So obviously I shut down Linux, restarted in Windows...shut that down properly, then started up Linux again....but now even if I plug it in and out, it is not being recognized...
So obviously I shut down Linux, restarted in Windows...shut that down properly, then started up Linux again....but now even if I plug it in and out, it is not being recognized...
gary4gar
GaurishSharma.com
mehulved said:
yupp..i too was there, it was 3am in morning....kalpik helping harsh, i junking the IRC and then again harsh lost the command given by kalpik becuase of channel flooding(he was on cmd line that time so no scroll back lost once is lost forever), kalpik giving it again again, you playing some stupid songs on amorak
.but that happened a year and didn't occur since then
touch wood
Use ntfsfix for correct it unless you use vistafaraaz said:Okay to update...I removed the usb, typed dmesg, plugged in the usb...and was going to type dmesg again, when it popped up messages saying NTFS drive could not be mounted because of unclean shutdown! This was my external drive!
So obviously I shut down Linux, restarted in Windows...shut that down properly, then started up Linux again....but now even if I plug it in and out, it is not being recognized...
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QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
And if ntfsfix doesn't work, try mounting it with a force parameter.
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