HDD configuration

[CptCharis]

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

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb status=progress

Once progress was completed, I partitioned my HDD with

fdisk /dev/sdb

I made the whole disk one partition with ext.4 file system,
and I can see my HDD with command

lsblk

and

fdisk -l

I reboot but HDD didn't mount automatically, as it used to be.
So I made a mount point with

mkdir mnt

and try to mount my HDD with

mount /dev/sdb /mnt

but I received the below warning msg

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

 

[CptCharis]

 

[wizardfromoz]

In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tair or so

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

 

[CptCharis]

"dmesg | tail" not "tair" - small l L not a small r R.

typo error chris
have a nice fly

 

[CptCharis]

ok solved !!!
HDD should Reformatted as NTFS
I did it with fdisk tool but I read that even mkfs.ntfs could make the trick

 

[Steve]

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

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb status=progress

Once progress was completed, I partitioned my HDD with

fdisk /dev/sdb

I made the whole disk one partition with ext.4 file system,
and I can see my HDD with command

lsblk

and

fdisk -l

I reboot but HDD didn't mount automatically, as it used to be.
So I made a mount point with

mkdir mnt

and try to mount my HDD with

mount /dev/sdb /mnt

but I received the below warning msg

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

Forgot to format it.

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

NOTE: Untested code, didn't check, going offa' memory.

 

[RockDoctor]

Well, if you actually formatted the partition, then (as root):

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

 

[wizardfromoz]

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