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[bigfoot65]

If there is no need to partition/format, then don't do it. I would recommend only a single partition on the drive.

The guidance in the wiki stipulates using hda-diskmount to mount drives.

[galoisienne2]

If there is no need to partition/format, then don't do it. I would recommend only a single partition on the drive.

The guidance in the wiki stipulates using hda-diskmount to mount drives.

Familiar with the dismount and partitioning instructions. (The formatting instructions to the preferred format worked perfectly when I did it a year ago, but ok, I ignored it this time around.). What I don't know how to do is to see, ahead of time, it's already in a single partition (since it hadn't been mounted).

Is there a command you could share that would reveal partition pre-mounting?

I did mount the drive, btw, and I have the following, which seems to indicate a single partition, based on the listing below. Is that correct ? (My sense is it would should multiple listing under "sdb" if there was more than one partition).

[bigfoot65]

That is correct, looks like sdb1 is the partition. So if you create a share pointing to that location, it should allow you access to files.

If you do

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cfdisk /dev/sdb

it should reflect the partitions for that drive.

[galoisienne2]

It looks like more than one partition actually, though one is large and one is small. For Toshiba (the new USB drive), it's shows "sdb" and "sdb1". (if that's the case, is there a chance that the system will only allow access for storage to the smaller portion? I think that's the issue I was having with the old USB drive).

[bigfoot65]

That could be a problem. Typically I see 1 entry about free space which is extremely small. Then the other shows the large partition.

Maybe delete the small partition and see if that helps. It may be a partition with Toshiba software for the drive.

[galoisienne2]

That could be a problem. Typically I see 1 entry about free space which is extremely small. Then the other shows the large partition.

Maybe delete the small partition and see if that helps. It may be a partition with Toshiba software for the drive.

Can you elaborate a bit? I think you're saying you see something different here, but it looks like that's more or less what's happening, no? I mean I see one partition that has most of the space and then one or (two?) additional partition(s) with small amounts of space as well.
(I'm referring to the cfdisk output, but maybe you were referring to the directory listing image I posted above the cfdisk ?)

(Or is it the reference to "free space" which does not seem to be included in the partition which has all the 2T ? )

[bigfoot65]

All my drives report a large partition, then there is a small one with very little free space. I see two small ones for yours based on the cfdisk results.

The directory output looks correct. It's reporting an entry for the drive (sdb) and 1 for the partition (sdb1). In theory it should mount with no problems, providing you have installed ntfs-3g since it's a ntfs formatted drive. You would mount it as such as well, type ntfs.

I personally don't use ntfs for my server. All drives are formatted and mounted ext4.

[galoisienne2]

All my drives report a large partition, then there is a small one with very little free space. I see two small ones for yours based on the cfdisk results.

OK. So to make sure I understand is the issue(so to speak) that my drive is showing 3 partitions as opposed to say, the more usual two ?

The directory output looks correct. It's reporting an entry for the drive (sdb) and 1 for the partition (sdb1). In theory it should mount with no problems, providing you have installed ntfs-3g since it's a ntfs formatted drive. You would mount it as such as well, type ntfs.

But if I have three partitions, why would it only list two of them as you describe here. Perhaps the confusion is just normal abuse of terminology by people who understand what they mean.

In terms of mounting, yes I did mount as you instructed earlier by simply issuing at hda-diskmount. I did not format this time per your earlier instructions--just the diskmount. (last year I used cfdisk to do it .ext3 I believer, per the wiki, which worked fine) When the diskmount completed it did indicate ntfs-3g (see photo below).

I personally don't use ntfs for my server. All drives are formatted and mounted ext4.

I am thinking about doing the following, how does this sound?

1) use cfdisk to delete all but the larger partition as in the photo.
2) format this large partition as .ext3 or .ext4 per the wiki
3) include the instruction as indicated by the diskmount message to ensure that the drive mounts at every re-boot (per the wiki).

Appreciate any additional thoughts or places to exercise extra caution. Thanks again!

PS: Here's the pic from the mount from earlier today:

[bigfoot65]

To be safe, I would remove all the partitions. Then create the single partition using all the space. As you say, format it as ext3 or ext4. I use the later myself.

Then when you do that, you are ensured there is only one partition and no lost space.

Make sense?

[galoisienne2]

And in terms of removing all the partitions and creating a new one, can I used cfdisk as described in wiki ?

Then I would format. Correct ?

Thanks

Well that didn't do it. Still not able to delete. Same restricted menu options as before.