Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:35:34AM GMT, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I've just tried to create a folder on the external h/d which failed.
> This is the error report;-
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> mkdir /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test
> mkdir: cannot create directory
> `/media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test': Permission denied
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Any ideas for a solution please?
1. What filesystem is it?
2. How do you mount it, using which utility?
3. Do you use /etc/fstab entry and if so what is it?
4. After mounting your drive do "ls -la /media".
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Raf
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