2009/5/26 Manon Metten <manon.met...@gmail.com> > Hi All, > > Since I installed Lenny from scratch a while ago, I have problems accessing > my external usb hd. It is plugged in to a usb port permanently, but I only > turn > on the power if I need to access it (I use it for backup). > > As I turn on the power, it reports as owned by root, but when still on > Etch, > I formatted it like this: > > # umount /dev/sde > # mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -j -m 1 -L Maxtor -T largefile -v /dev/sde > # tune2fs -c -1 /dev/sde > # chown manon:manon /media/Maxtor > > I never had any problem like this with Etch, but now, even after repeatedly > changing ownership to manon, it still reports root as owner when I turn the > power on again. > > Sometimes it even appears to be completely empty after I did > # chown manon:manon /media/Maxtor > and I cannot access any data at all anymore. > I also tried: '# chown manon:manon /dev/sde' but that didn't help > either. > > Any ideas what could cause this problem and how to solve it? > > Thanks in advance, Manon. >
Perhaps # chown -r manon:manon /media/Maxtor > > > > Linux debian 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 01:08:11 UTC 2009 i686 > GNU/Linux > > > # less /media/.hal-mtab > /dev/sde 1000 0 ext3 nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,data=ordered > /media/Maxtor > > > # dumpe2fs /dev/sde > dumpe2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) > Filesystem volume name: Maxtor > Last mounted on: <not available> > Filesystem UUID: 99b7fdbd-5d8e-45bf-a1ec-74b774a39fc9 > Filesystem magic number: 0xEF53 > Filesystem revision #: 1 (dynamic) > Filesystem features: has_journal resize_inode dir_index filetype > needs_recovery sparse_super large_file > Filesystem flags: signed_directory_hash > Default mount options: (none) > Filesystem state: clean > Errors behavior: Continue > Filesystem OS type: Linux > Inode count: 610560 > Block count: 156282966 > Reserved block count: 1562829 > Free blocks: 59277244 > Free inodes: 603706 > First block: 0 > Block size: 4096 > Fragment size: 4096 > Reserved GDT blocks: 986 > Blocks per group: 32768 > Fragments per group: 32768 > Inodes per group: 128 > Inode blocks per group: 4 > Filesystem created: Sun Nov 16 18:35:36 2008 > Last mount time: Wed May 13 18:15:07 2009 > Last write time: Wed May 13 18:15:07 2009 > Mount count: 54 > Maximum mount count: 28 > Last checked: Sun Nov 16 18:35:36 2008 > Check interval: 15552000 (6 months) > Next check after: Fri May 15 19:35:36 2009 > Reserved blocks uid: 0 (user root) > Reserved blocks gid: 0 (group root) > First inode: 11 > Inode size: 128 > Journal inode: 8 > Default directory hash: tea > Directory Hash Seed: 762114b0-1dbb-4677-8b23-934e5a2b0fe3 > Journal backup: inode blocks > Journal size: 128M > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net
