[Klug-general] H Drive mount

[Rich]

On 01/02/12 12:49, David Halliday wrote:
> If you want to run fsck on a drive that is mounted, you can unmount it 
> first (as long as it isn't the root partition).
> If you want to run it on the root then you will have to use a live 
> distribution like Knoppix.
>
> If you have issues/worries about the drive then its worth setting it 
> to check at boot time in the fstab (it won't hurt to do this just slow 
> down booting on the occasions that the checks run).
>
> If you want to look at grub2 in a less heavy way, there is a GUI tool 
> (I have read good things about it but not used it): 
> https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer
>
> There is also some good documentation (prepare for a lot of reading) 
> on the ubuntu wiki: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>
>
> On 31 January 2012 22:24, Rich <klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com 
> <mailto:klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 31/01/12 17:45, David Halliday wrote:
>>     Just some quick sanity checks (don't take them personally):
>>
>>        1. This message comes from when Linux is booting and not the
>>           BIOS booting.
>>        2. The BIOS set-up on the machine recognises the disk.
>>        3. If possible S.M.A.R.T. checking is enables and hasn't fired
>>           any errors for the disk (possible with old disks).
>>        4. All physical connections have been given the usual extra
>>           wiggle/push to tighten.
>>
>>     A couple of pointers/questions:
>>
>>        1. What distribution are you using?  ----- Ubuntu 10.04 server
>>
>
>>        1. Have you configured the disks to be checked at boot time?
>>           (See pass-num: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab )
>>           ----------No
>>        2. What is the file system being used? (EXT3/EXT4 etc...)    
>>           -------EXT4
>>        3. At what point/which application/process/log gives that
>>           error message?
>>
>     The exact error message is " fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
>      This is followed by /dev/sad1 clean xxxxxx files xxx blocks
>       samefor sda3
>           These are the root and home partitions of first disc.
>      The next  line is "The disc drive for /mnt is not ready yet or
>     not present
>      Continue to wait or Press to skip mounting or M for manual recovery?
>      Is this something connected with grub2 ? How can I initiate the
>     fsck for sdb1 which seems to need to be done before mounting or am
>     I completely on the wrong track. I am not sure where I should put
>     this (Don't Say it - I know what you are thinking), presumably
>     somewhere in the sdb1 entry.
>        I have tried all your other suggestions for which much thanks
>>     On 31 January 2012 16:27, Rich <klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com
>>     <mailto:klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi All
>>         I have been having trouble in mounting a newly installed Hard
>>         drive. I have edited /etc/fstab and the disc's (I know CLI
>>         etc require the Yankee spelling -disk-but outside of that I
>>         spell in English) UUID, mount point etc.
>>         When I boot up I get the Message " Drive may be slow to
>>         respond or not present" and gives the option of mounting
>>         manually."
>>
>
>>          mount /mnt /dev/hdb1 is successful and I can access the
>>         contents of the drive with ls /mnt so disc does exist and
>>         will mount O.K.
>>         Is there anything else I should be doing? As you know my
>>         machines are old but I have never had this problem before
>>         even with this disc on another box. Any suggestions please?
>>           Rich
>>
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    Thanks David for all your help. I am familiar with using fsck on 
discs, and feel sure that I can work out how to check before mounting. 
What is very annoying is that I was just getting familiar and 
comfortable with GRUB when GRUB2 comes along - Old Dogs and new 
tricks...........
      Thanks again Rich.
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