I've found that if i put a backspace [ _ ] after 8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ then I can access the drive in konqureor and the cli. So its not all doom and gloom.
Sharon. On 25 December 2011 15:16, Sharon Kimble <skimbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > This morning my usb external hard drive started playing up by showing > two instances, i.e.;- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ls -l /media > total 48 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 22 20:10 > 8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459 > drwxrwxr-x 184 root boztu 12288 Dec 24 18:13 > 8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > There was some problem with kernel errors I saw whilst I rebooted to > try to clear it, but it was so faint and beneath my wallpaper and then > scrolled off before I could read it, that I dont know what it said. > > This is its line from /etc/fstab ;- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > /dev/sdb1 /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459 auto > default\ > s 0 0 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Can anyone help me out please as I use this drive for all my backups > and it holds five months of them so it is rather important to me. > > Sharon. > -- > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html > efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ > efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ > Debian 6,0.3, Gnome 1:2.30+7, LibreOffice 3.4.4 > Registered Linux user 334501 -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian 6,0.3, Gnome 1:2.30+7, LibreOffice 3.4.4 Registered Linux user 334501 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cam9u--f9cgmz3doqpwjccqorxvyojy-mrjkmu+96abchhnx...@mail.gmail.com