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Re: new WD passport filesystem?

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 05:01:33 -0400, Haines Brown wrote:

> [...]
>>
>> sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /Win7
> 
> The mount command reports for my NTFS 1 Gb drive when using either your
> suggested ntfs-3g driver as well as the ntfs driver as follows:
> 
>   /dev/sdb1 on /media/backup type fuseblk (rw,allow_other,blksize=4096)
> 
> Why is the type "fuseblk" rather than ntfs?

I don't know the behind-the-scenes technical reason. fuseblk is a work-
around that allows mounting ntfs so I guess it is invoked with your -t 
ntfs switch also. 

I just used the '-t ntfs' and confirm you are right, it works now too 
(debian with 2.6.32-5-686). not sure when this happened but it's good to 
know!

> I still don't understand if I still have a problem. Firsdt, when I plug
> in my new 1 Tb Passport or the older drive, they automount and are
> accessible. However, they don't dismount automatically. Shouldn't they?
> 
> For example, if I unplug a drive assigned to /dev/sdb1 and then plug in
> another drive, mount says it is assigned to /dev/sdc1 and the old drive
> still seen even though unplugged:

I can't help since I don't auto-mount or auto-dismount. 

hmm, I do have Mint running on a laptop which automounts; I believe one 
is expected to manually do a 'safe' dismount though. 

I defer to someone who can help you with safely auto-dismounting and the 
other questions. I wasn't sure about the concerns about how the devices 
are identified, whether sr0, scd1 or sdb1. but do you really have /dev/
sda15?

about dismounting, I assume writes have to be sync-ed as they occur. I'd 
be scared to rely on automatic dismounting.

Felmon

> 
>   $ mount
>   ...
>   fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) /dev/sdb1 on
>   /media/mirror type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdc1 on /media/backup type fuseblk
>   (rw,allow_other,blksize=4096)
> 
> However, blkip tells a different story:
> 
>   /dev/sda15: UUID="87e151ff-28b8-4c90-812c-13e3706262be" TYPE="ext4"
>   /dev/sdc1: LABEL="My Passport" UUID="8A2CF4F62CF4DE5F" TYPE="ntfs"
> 
> Another thing I don't understand is that installation with udev created
> these lines line in fstab:
> 
>   /dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0       0
>   /dev/sda1       /media/usb0     auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> 
> However, sda1 is my HD:
> 
>   $ mount
>   /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw)
> 
> Shouldn't fstab look to the sr0 instead of the sda1 device file for usb
> CDROM drive?
> 
> Haines

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new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-22 11:31 -0400
  Re: new WD passport filesystem? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2011-07-22 11:37 -0400
  Re: new WD passport filesystem? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-07-22 16:46 +0100
    Re: new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-22 12:28 -0400
      Re: new WD passport filesystem? "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor.Hemsley@mytrousers.ntlworld.com> - 2011-07-22 17:43 -0500
        Re: new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-22 21:27 -0400
  Re: new WD passport filesystem? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-07-22 15:50 +0000
    Re: new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-22 12:37 -0400
      Re: new WD passport filesystem? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-07-22 17:36 +0000
      Re: new WD passport filesystem? Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-07-22 14:03 -0400
      Re: new WD passport filesystem? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-07-22 19:42 +0100
        Re: new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-22 21:56 -0400
          Re: new WD passport filesystem? felmon <nemo@nowhere.INVALID> - 2011-07-22 22:50 -0500
            Re: new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-23 05:01 -0400
              Re: new WD passport filesystem? felmon <nemo@nowhere.INVALID> - 2011-07-23 13:32 -0500
                Re: new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-24 08:28 -0400
                Re: new WD passport filesystem? scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2011-07-26 16:08 +0000
                Re: new WD passport filesystem? Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> - 2011-07-27 06:26 -0400
                Re: new WD passport filesystem? felmon <nemo@nowhere.INVALID> - 2011-07-28 18:46 -0500

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