Hello everybody!!! It's a long time not see you. So here we are again. I have an old external USB 1T Transcend and play with it for fun and education. Yesterday I erased everything inside it and went one more step further. I override everything with Code: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb status=progress Once progress was completed, I partitioned my HDD with Code: fdisk /dev/sdb I made the whole disk one partition with ext.4 file system, and I can see my HDD with command Code: lsblk and Code: fdisk -l I reboot but HDD didn't mount automatically, as it used to be. So I made a mount point with Code: mkdir mnt and try to mount my HDD with Code: mount /dev/sdb /mnt but I received the below warning msg Code: mount: wrong fs type, bad option , bad superblock on /dev/sdb, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tair or so What I miss guys ? Thanks in advance (Log in to hide this advertisement)
Love that #2 slogan, got to get that "dmesg | tail" not "tair" - small l L not a small r R. Gotta fly mate but I'll be back (Arnold Schwarzenegger) tomorrow Wiz
ok solved !!! HDD should Reformatted as NTFS I did it with fdisk tool but I read that even mkfs.ntfs could make the trick
Forgot to format it. Code: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 NOTE: Untested code, didn't check, going offa' memory.
Dammit I missed all the fun 1. Goodonyer, Capta 2. Hi Steve, you've been quiet for a year, nice to see you 3. Welcome to linux.org @RockDoctor , and Ta (pron. "tar" Aussie for thanks) for getting in and helping so early. If you get a chance, swing by https://www.linux.org/forums/member-introductions.141/ and say "Hi", and you'll meet a few of The Gang. Plenty of us 60-plussers here, too. Cheers all and Avagudweegend Chris Turner wizardfromoz
