[afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!

[Yasini Kilima]

Hello Patrick,

You asked:
but does "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt" work as root? and does "ls /mnt" show
you the files you expect? (don't forget to umount /mnt).

This is the results for the commands I don't know how to go about but I guess the command didnt execute

investment2k7 at ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
investment2k7 at ubuntu:~$ ls /mnt
investment2k7 at ubuntu:~$



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From: Patrick Okui [pokui at psg.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:21 AM
To: Yasini Kilima
Cc: afnog
Subject: Re: [afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!

Hello Yasini,

On 09/04/2012 5:36 PM, Yasini Kilima wrote:
> I am trying to migrate to Ubuntu Linux but I am getting a lot of
> drill with features that I would not want to lose as compared to
> Microsoft.

Not directly related to your post (and this will sound weird) but if a
particular OS has features or tools you MUST use and can't find
substitutes for, then by all means use that OS. Even if it's Windows.

> Any way going back to the problem at hand now I decided to reinstall
> my system with 10.10 which I have used a lot of energy first of all
> to get the ISO image which at the beginning I downloaded a desktop
> ISO which wanted to drive me crazy as it was not installing only
> running on RAM with the CD inserted and I discovered at the latest
> moment that I was supposed to download the Alternate Version which I
> had to make sure I do it and get the results same day.

Not quite. The image you downloaded at first was likely the right one
(though given when you posted the message I'm surprised you downloaded
10.10 rather than 11.10 or 10.04). The image you get these days if you
select the default downloads is a "live" one meaning you can run it from
RAM but it can also be installed to your disk. If you go to
<http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download> look at the
instructions under step 4 right at the bottom of the page.

> Fdisk -l will show the /dev/sdb1 with the capacity of my memory
> stick, Now I am about to run crazy again, I cannot afford to run my
> new OS without USB stick functionality.

Ok, so what make/model of USB stick is it? How is it formatted? What did
you try? I'm not sure what version of Ubuntu you ended up installing,
but does "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt" work as root? and does "ls /mnt" show
you the files you expect? (don't forget to umount /mnt).

If the command line options work then likely your desktop environment
just isn't automatically mounting it for you which is something else.

> Excuse me for the long STORY this is to make sure That my problem is
> well Understood.

Your frustration is understood, but understand that without details for
the *current* problem being solved (see above) it may not be easy for
anyone to guess what may (not) have happened.

Also, like Seun asked, what hardware are you installing to? A laptop?
Desktop? Virtual Machine? If you're using virtualization, what vendor
(and version of it) powers your virtual machines?

--
patrick



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