Error Mounting Mount /dev/sdd1 Is Not A Valid Block Device
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various Linux kernels and distributions. Typing that string into your search engine of choice will yield a lot of results and possible solutions. The first recommendation was to
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check to make sure the usb-storage and uhci modules are loaded (# lsmod); and /dev/sdb1 is not a block device they were in my case. I even unloaded them and reloaded them (# modprobe -r module_name, # modprobe module_name) and still got
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the error. The next most common recommendation that I saw was this:# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdevnameThat didn't work for me this time. However, I did find a suggestion that did work. Plug in the device mount is not a block device and then type:# fdisk -l(That's a lowercase "L") Now this isn't going to erase your hard drive or the data on your device. It will, however, tell you what disk partitions you have on your system, whether they are mounted or not.So, if you get the "/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device" error, plug the device in and type "fdisk -l." Then you should see something similar to this, along with information about your hard drive partitions, which I did not copy here:Disk /dev/sdb: 1027 MB, 1027604480 bytes16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3920 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytesDevice Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sdb1 * 1 3920 1003504 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)Then all you do, based on this example, is edit /etc/fstab and change /dev/sda1 to /dev/sdb1 and keep the options the same across the rest of that line. Then just mount like normally would:# mount /mnt/usbdeviceThat did the trick for me. But, try this at your own risk as I can't offer any guarantees! posted by bwsnyder @ 10:19 1 comments 1 Comments: At 12:05, Grzegorz said... THX! bwsnyder.I thougth, that I had camera on sda1, but I type fdisk -l and system show me, my camera on sdb1 :)Now is OK.Thank you for help. Post a Comment << Home About Me Name: bwsnyder Location: United States View my complete profile Previous Posts Pilot Error Glenn Beck Explains Kyoto Out-Orwelling Orwell Spinach versus Hurricanes Determination The Great Aspirin Conspiracy For the Birds Avoid the Memory Hole How was this Possible in 1936? CBS' Comedy Lineup Blogroll Newsbusters.org ChronWatch The American Thinker Free Republic Thomas P.M. Barnett Jack Army Michael Yon Countercolumn Blackfive © 2005, 2006 Brian W. Snyd
2010, 11:39 AMHello, Ubuntu refuses to recognize/mount my external harddisk (Western Digital 500GB). This happened after installing Ubuntu 10.04lucid (before I was on 9.10 and everything went well). As a linux-newbie, I searched forums and tried all kinds of things with gparted, parted magic boot-CD, system rescue CD, and so on ... I formatted the external harddisk to FAT-32 (I want to keep dual-booting with Windows Vista). No matter what I try: either he doesn't regognize the disk or he refuses to mount it (like now: error message after logging http://www.brianwsnyder.com/blog/2006/10/devsda1-is-not-valid-block-device.html in + Disk Utility recognizes but refuses to mount it). Disk Utility says: Error mounting: mount: /dev/sdf1 is not a valid block device Any ideas (please include code/specifics for this linux-dummy) would be greatly appreciated. P. mikewhateverApril 6th, 2010, 04:19 PMYou can try checking its file system with the following command: sudo fsck.vfat -y -v /dev/sdf1 Fat32 is ok for basic usage, https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1448056.html but you'd probably be better off with ntfs. peter_kintApril 6th, 2010, 04:37 PMYou can try checking its file system with the following command: sudo fsck.vfat -y -v /dev/sdf1 Fat32 is ok for basic usage, but you'd probably be better off with ntfs. Thx for replying. Here is what he says: pepe@pepe-desktop:~$ sudo fsck.vfat -y -v /dev/sdf1 dosfsck 3.0.7 (24 Dec 2009) dosfsck 3.0.7, 24 Dec 2009, FAT32, LFN open: No such device or address pepe@pepe-desktop:~$ Does this mean he actually recognizes the disk but refuses to mount/open it? About NTFS: I'm going to try it but from what I've read I thought it was going to give problems for Linux/Ubuntu to recognize/read/write the disk... Thx again for ur time. peter mikewhateverApril 6th, 2010, 05:00 PMNo, Ubuntu, and other modern Linux distros, have no problem with ntfs. I don't think the command did anything because /dev/sdf1 doesn't seem to exist. Try running sudo fdisk -l to find out the device name. dino99April 6th, 2010, 05:44 PMgoto system --admin --mountManager and check that you have rights to mount a device (admin by default, so change with user) peter
Mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device Ask a Question Sign up for Free 190 Experts currently online. Ask Questions for Free! Mount: http://www.textndata.com/forums/mount-dev-sda1-not-valid-272774.html /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device - Linux Hello, Problem: I'm http://damnsmalllinux.org/static/act-Print/f-1/t-82.html having trouble mounting an external disk, which I connected to my computer running RedHat 9.0 (kernel 2.4.20-8) via USB. The external case holds an IDE disk, but the case has a USB interface. The disk has 2 partitions, one vfat, the other ext3. I am trying to ... is not Results 1 to 8 of 8 LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks Bookmark & Share Add Thread to del.icio.usTweet this thread Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Search Thread Advanced Search Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 06-02, 01:30 PM #1 Mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device Hello, is not a Problem: I'm having trouble mounting an external disk, which I connected to my computer running RedHat 9.0 (kernel 2.4.20-8) via USB. The external case holds an IDE disk, but the case has a USB interface. The disk has 2 partitions, one vfat, the other ext3. I am trying to mount ext3 one. I am trying to mount the disk as root, like this: # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/colossus The error I am getting is: mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device My /etc/fstab contains: /dev/sda1 /mnt/colossus ext3 defaults 0 0 I think I have all needed modules loaded: # lsmod | egrep 'sc|sd' sd_mod 13516 0 (autoclean) (unused) ide-scsi 12208 0 scsi_mod 107160 3 [sd_mod sr_mod ide-scsi] Does anyone see anything wrong or missing? Is there anything else I need to set up before this will work? Any help would be very very very much much much appreciated! Thank you. OtisUsenet Reply With Quote 06-02, 01:33 PM #2 Re: Mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device OtisUsenet wrote: What's the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda /dan Daniel
a USB device, namely a digital camera, as I have no other type of device.Anyhow, I've booted into DSL, I am su:ed to root, and I plug in the running camera.Dmesg says that it recognises that a camera is plugged in like:"New usb devie found, assigned to address 5.USB device is not claimed by any active driver" (with a bit of extra non-human-readable info.)When running lsmod, I have all possible usb modules.Meanwhile, in /proc/bus/usb there's the files 'devices' and 'drivers', and the folders 001 and 002.In folder 001, the files change when I reconnect the camera to match the address that dmesg gave, like 005 -> address 5So according to every piece of documentation I've read, I've just to run: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdriveto mount it.However, when I do, it gives me the error:mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block deviceI get the same error when I try sda2-sda11 and sdb1-sdb11.fstab assumes /dev/sda1, so the mount.app can't mount it either.The mount button is blank and non-clickable.It's an HP digital camera.I dunno if that makes any difference, but I've had the experience that they make up things of their own a bit... Posted by hasty on Feb. 07 2004,15:32 I've vaguely wondered about this in the past and would love to know if anyone has used this technique successfully. And not just on Damn Small although that would be a bonus Posted by hasty on Feb. 07 2004,16:05 Here I go again hasty by name...A friend always insists on formatting his card before use. I've used three cards over the past 4 years and never formatted any of them.Have you tried mounting with the right file type ? Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 07 2004,21:49 Try checking this web site to see if your Camera is supported by the Linux mass storage driver. Sometimes help is provided:< http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ > Posted by Rapidweather on Feb. 07 2004,22:09 Also, look at your /etc/fstab.I believe that DSL picks up all partitions, etc. when it boots, and will show them there. You should have the camera plugged in and turned on when you first boot DSL, and see if it gets picked up in the /etc/fstab file. ----Here' mine on a Toshiba