Solved: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
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19th Jan, 2014, 03:50 AM
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Can't access ext4 USB HDD
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XBian version: Beta 2 XBMC version: current Overclock settings: default Hardware Power supply rating: > 1Amp RPi model (model A/B 256mb/512mb): B 512MB SD card size and make/type: 32GB Class 10 Network (wireless or LAN): wireless Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, etc.): WiFi and USB HDD Problem description: Hi everyone, I have a strange Problem: I formated an USB HDD (1TB) with Ubuntu and put my media-files onto that disk. I unmounted it and pluged it into my RaspPi. The HDD is listed at Videos --> Files BUT I can't access it. It says something like "Path not found" I have another USB HDD which is formated as NTFS and it works like a charm. Any idea what to do? |
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19th Jan, 2014, 03:55 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
Can you post the output of dmesg, df -h and mount (Use pastebin for dmesg) as detailed in "Read before you post"
Also can you navigate to the files via ssh - as it could be a permission problem. Please read before you post How to post a log file If you liked my help, click on "Thanks" to show your appreciation.
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19th Jan, 2014, 04:09 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
dmesg is empty.. dmesg.0 is empty, too
df -h Code: root@xbian:/var/log# df -h mount Code: root@xbian:/var/log# mount EDIT xbmc.log --> http://pastebin.com/1U7BCrbP I'm unable to navigate through the folders of that HDD. It says: root@xbian:/media/gigastore# ls ls: reading folders .: I/O-Error |
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19th Jan, 2014, 04:25 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
it's most likely a permission problem. I just plugged a fresh ext4 drive in my Raspi just to test this and it looks like the default user xbian has no write permissions by default. probably easiest fix for this is to ssh into the Pi.. then do the following:
Terminal cd /media ls ###you should see a list of drives which is basically row of numbers and characters. for example my drive has the name 6a7bd302-7014-cf01-6079-d3027014cf01 ###when you have found the correct name do this: sudo chown -R xbian:staff 6a7bd302-7014-cf01-6079-d3027014cf01 #(change the name of the drive to your own). now you should be able to copy files to the drive it seems like this worked at least for me. hopefully it helps in your case too |
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19th Jan, 2014, 04:31 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
Ok - something is wrong.
dmesg should output something. Can this drive be read on any other machine - Ubuntu excluded? Windoze perhaps? When did you install Xbian - have you upgraded recently (Last couple of days?) Can you reboot, upgrade and see if things improve. Please read before you post How to post a log file If you liked my help, click on "Thanks" to show your appreciation.
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19th Jan, 2014, 04:58 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
(19th Jan, 2014 04:25 AM)freem@n Wrote: it's most likely a permission problem.No, I can't access the HDD with root neither. (19th Jan, 2014 04:31 AM)IriDium Wrote: Can this drive be read on any other machine - Ubuntu excluded? Windoze perhaps?I only have a Ubuntu and Windows machine. Ubuntu can read, Windows can't because I have no ext4 driver for Windows. (19th Jan, 2014 04:31 AM)IriDium Wrote: When did you install Xbian - have you upgraded recently (Last couple of days?)My Xbian installations is about 1 week old. So yes, I setup the newest version recently. |
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19th Jan, 2014, 05:18 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
(19th Jan, 2014 04:58 AM)pix3l Wrote: My Xbian installations is about 1 week old. So yes, I setup the newest version recently. and did you make sure to upgrade to the latest version of all packages (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade)? because Beta2 isn't a term for one specific version. there are very often smaller updates and under the hood improvements - that's why it's called "bleeding edge". |
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19th Jan, 2014, 05:25 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
I also would like to see the output from dmesg - if there is no output then something else is wrong.
Please read before you post How to post a log file If you liked my help, click on "Thanks" to show your appreciation.
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19th Jan, 2014, 06:05 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
(19th Jan, 2014 05:25 AM)IriDium Wrote: I also would like to see the output from dmesg - if there is no output then something else is wrong. Here is the dmesg output: http://pastebin.com/WMWgcVjL I'm gonna do a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade as well |
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20th Jan, 2014, 05:08 AM
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RE: Can't access ext4 USB HDD
Ok, I solved the issue...
It seem that the USB-Cable was somehow damaged.. I tried a different cable and it worked instantly. I also needed to change the owning user of the files to "xbian:xbian" and that was it... Thanks for everyone who tried to help. |
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