[Solved] sshfs can't mount via fstab on startup

I have an HDD mounted in my RPI which I've mounted as a filesystem in my desktop via sshfs (through fstab).
If I do "sudo mount -a", it seems to mount just fine, so I researched a bit (even though I'm still an newbie in Arch and Linux distros in general) and found out that it's most probably is caused due to the network not being initialized fast enough for the sshfs fstab entry to be discovered (due to having no network and therefore no access to it).
I'm really not sure how to provide any info which would help you guyz help me so I'm just gonna provide the sshfs entry from my fstab file and the journalctl logs that seem to be relevant.
Jun 23 22:32:00 home systemd[1]: home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 23 22:32:00 home systemd-udevd[168]: renamed network interface eth0 to enp0s25
Jun 23 22:32:00 home systemd[1]: Failed to mount /home/username/media/downloads/mydrive.
Jun 23 22:32:00 home systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Remote File Systems.
Jun 23 22:32:00 home systemd[1]: Unit home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount entered failed state.
Jun 23 22:32:00 home dhcpcd[236]: eth0: waiting for carrier
Jun 23 22:32:00 home dhcpcd[236]: eth0: removing interface
[email protected]:/media/mydrive/ /home/username/media/downloads/mydrive fuse IdentityFile=/home/username/.ssh/mykey,uid=1000,gid=1000,reconnect,_netdev,allow_other,transform_symlinks,user,idmap=user,BatchMode=yes 0 0
ps: This issue might be related to a recent attempt I've had to enable? the Gnome NetworkManager service, I'm not sure if it's related but I've first noticed the issue the same day I tried to enable that service (which I've later disabled because I couldn't get my network connected).
Last edited by Varemenos (2014-06-27 23:44:00)

It just doesn't want to work...
# systemctl status home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount
==>
● home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount - mydrive Sshfs mount
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2014-06-26 16:45:21 EEST; 31s ago
Where: /home/username/media/downloads/mydrive
What: [email protected]:/media/mydrive/
Process: 281 ExecMount=/bin/mount [email protected]:/media/mydrive/ /home/username/media/downloads/mydrive -t fuse.sshfs -o IdentityFile=/home/username/.ssh/mykey,uid=1000,gid=1000,reconnect,_netdev,allow_other,transform_symlinks,user,idmap=user,BatchMode=yes (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jun 26 16:45:21 home mount[281]: read: Connection reset by peer
Jun 26 16:45:21 home systemd[1]: home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 26 16:45:21 home systemd[1]: Failed to mount mydrive Sshfs mount.
Jun 26 16:45:21 home systemd[1]: Unit home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount entered failed state.
The file:
[Unit]
Description=mydrive Sshfs mount
Requires=network-online.target
After=[email protected]
[Mount]
What=[email protected]:/media/mydrive/
Where=/home/username/media/downloads/mydrive
Type=fuse.sshfs
Options=IdentityFile=/home/username/.ssh/mykey,uid=1000,gid=1000,reconnect,_netdev,allow_other,transform_symlinks,user,idmap=user,BatchMode=yes
[Service]
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Note that running
systemctl start home-username-media-downloads-mydrive.mount
, works just fine...
Last edited by Varemenos (2014-06-26 14:00:23)

Similar Messages

Filesystem from sdcard won't mount via fstab, will with rc.local

Since receiving my laptop back from RMA, I've installed my SSD and set up Arch. I wanted to put /var on a separate reiserfs partition on my 8GB sdcard to prevent extra write activity from logs and pacman, however it wouldn't mount. I tried using both label and dev (haven't tried uuid yet) and it always failed, causing me to enter admin mode.
I then set up a 1.5GB partition with reiserfs on the SSD for the time being, changing the pacman cache option to a directory on the sdcard in /media. I set the command to mount in rc.local and it mounts fine there. I can't get the other media partition to mount via fstab either.
Is there another hook I need to add to mkinitcpio.conf and rebuild the init ram image in order for this to work? Any ideas? I'm going to try adding usb to the hooks and rebuilding for now.
Here is my setup:
fstab:
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
LABEL=boot /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
LABEL=home /home ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 1
LABEL=root / ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 1
LABEL=var /var reiserfs defaults,noatime 0 1
#LABEL=sdcard /media/sdcard ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2
none /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noatime,size=1000M,mode=1777 0 0
rc.local
mount /dev/disk/by-label/sdcard /media/sdcard
mkinitcpio.conf hooks line:
HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems"
EDIT:
I tried adding usb to the HOOKS array between sata and filesystem, rebuilt the image, uncommented my sdcard entry in fstab, and rebooted. It didn't fix it.
I see someone made a hook in the AUR:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31150
Last edited by DarksideEE7 (2011-05-08 13:18:56)

I'm a little confused, so maybe I'll learn something here. It is my impression that /var is not, and need not be mounted while in using the initrd. It will be mounted in init after the kernel has been loaded, / has been mounted/ and init started. rc.local definitely is not executed until long after the initrd has been cast aside.
Things to look at:
Does the mount point /media/sdcard exist at the time rc.local runs? I'd wager not.
Look at the output of ls -l /dev/disk/by-label and recheck the disk labels.

A compressed disk image that can be mounted via mount -o loop file?

I have a handful of hard drives I want to back up before I re-purpose them. I would really like to use some kind of compression (preferably xz or gzip), but I want it in a way where I can just mount it on the command line without extracting it first. Is this possible?
Last edited by synthead (2011-09-08 18:42:06)

I know this: http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/ I have not tested it and need kernel patching. There are more option if you only want read-only support (see the link Related Software on the last page).

USB device mounting via 'fstab'

OK, ... just wondering which option, below, is appropriate/preferred for Arch using USB file systems in 'fstab':
#1
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
#2
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
#3
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
Thanx.

Sorry for the late answer .
marin_linuxer:
This is for usbfs (aka info for usb devices under /proc/bus/usb dir) :
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
rasat:
make sure you have usb-storage, sd_mod in your /etc/rc.conf, then add the line you mention in /etc/fstab, changing 'auto' with the actual fs of your usb device

Can't mount NFS share via GUI

Mac OS X 10.8.2
MacBookPro5,3
Hello,
I've recently upgraded to OS X 10.8.2 and am having great difficulty in mounting my NFS shares via the OSX GUI. This worked fine at OS X 10.6.
My aim is to provide an automount type of setup so that less experienced users don't have to worry about the command line.
Can someone please point me in the right direction here?
This is what I've tried to date.
My NFS service is hosted on my Debian server. It supports NFS v4. The service is working and stable and is used routinely with Ubuntu clients. It has also worked with OS X 10.6 clients in the past, but not with OS X 10.7 clients.
To date I have tried the following options:
Mount via finder: Connect to server option using syntax: nfs://<user>@<server>/<share>
setting up autofs using the instructions from pmbuko
using the command line to mount the share.
The first option failed repeatedly. I did find that it would eventually work, though only after I'd manually mounted the share at the command line.
I have not been able to get the second option to work.
I initiate autofs using the command 'automount -vc' and see that the connection is recognised
when I attempt to cd into a directory below the mount point, I eventually get the message 'Connection Refused'.
when I check my Debian logs, I find that the NFS service had actually received an authenticated mount request from the Mac.
when I check my Mac Console logs, I see an error:kernel: nfs_connect: socket error 61 for <server>/<share>
I was able to get the third option working, but only after using the '-o resvport' option.
'Something' does appear to be broken with OS X 10.8.2 as an NFS client.
Any thoughts?

I have found a work around that meets my imediate needs, though it doesn't allow me to use autofs functionality.
The work around uses the traditional Unix/Linux approach of automatically mounting a file system or NFS share via fstab at boot time. OS X 10.8 still supports fstab, even though the file is not included in the default installation.
Once mounted, the NFS share appears as if it is part of the normal file system.
The following is only intended for people confident in Unix or Linux systems administration and in using a shell environment via the command line. Do not attempt this if you do not have these skills.
To set up for fstab, do the following within a terminal session:
create an empty directory in your file system that you can use as your mount point for your NFS share:
sudo mkdir /data/share
sudo chown root:wheel /data/share
using your favourite editor, create the fstab file (in a terminal type 'man fstab' for details)
sudo vi /etc/fstab
add similar to the following to /etc/fstab and then save and exit, substituting your own values where appropriate
# My NFS share
<your-server>:/<your-share> /data/share nfs resvport,rw,hard,intr 0 0
sudo chown root:wheel /etc/fstab
Please note: you may not need the resvport option in the fstab line above. It will depend on your NFS server's requirements.
Once you have done this, reboot your Mac and your NFS share should be mounted at the mount point that you defined.
If not, check your logs to see what went wrong.

IVPN on non OSX Server, can't mount volumes remotely via VPN

I recently got iPVN to create a VPN to my home network. My router simply couldn't be used as an end-point.
I have successfully installed it, and it does allow me to connect to my home network remotely. The problem is, whenever I try to mount a volume from a machine within my home network, I am prompted for a userid/password. My userid/password doesn't work.
Setup:
Home network using private Class C (192.168.1.x). 2009 MacMini is VPN server, and address is manually assigned for this machine (other machines within home network use router as DHCP server). I have forwarded ports 1701, 4500 and 500 (per iVPN instructions) for an L2TP VPN. UDP packets only, and all of these ports are forwarded to the MacMini and it's manually assigned address. My router is configured to use DynDNS if it's address changes, and that works successfully as well (using other services directly to the same MacMini, etc. that DO NOT rely on the VPN).
I can successfully connect to the VPN, and ping machines within the home network successfully. However, I do not see any of the machines via Bonjour (I understand this is an issue with Bonjour and generally all VPNs). So, once connected to the VPN, I try to mount a volume that is shared on the MacMini. I can do this with either form:
afp://192.168.1.x/<volumename> or afp://<machinename>/<volumename> (after setting machine name up in /etc/hosts).
I'm fairly certain I'm getting through, and a mount is attempted, and asks for a userid/password. Same as normal. However, entering my username/password won't let me mount the drive. I keep getting errors indicating the username/password is incorrect, which I know is not the case.
I have tried this with the MacMini firewall on (allowing shared service), and I have tried it with the MacMini firewall off.
What am I missing here? Some additional port that should be forwarded? Open it up for TCP as well as UDP?

I have found a work around that meets my imediate needs, though it doesn't allow me to use autofs functionality.
The work around uses the traditional Unix/Linux approach of automatically mounting a file system or NFS share via fstab at boot time. OS X 10.8 still supports fstab, even though the file is not included in the default installation.
Once mounted, the NFS share appears as if it is part of the normal file system.
The following is only intended for people confident in Unix or Linux systems administration and in using a shell environment via the command line. Do not attempt this if you do not have these skills.
To set up for fstab, do the following within a terminal session:
create an empty directory in your file system that you can use as your mount point for your NFS share:
sudo mkdir /data/share
sudo chown root:wheel /data/share
using your favourite editor, create the fstab file (in a terminal type 'man fstab' for details)
sudo vi /etc/fstab
add similar to the following to /etc/fstab and then save and exit, substituting your own values where appropriate
# My NFS share
<your-server>:/<your-share> /data/share nfs resvport,rw,hard,intr 0 0
sudo chown root:wheel /etc/fstab
Please note: you may not need the resvport option in the fstab line above. It will depend on your NFS server's requirements.
Once you have done this, reboot your Mac and your NFS share should be mounted at the mount point that you defined.
If not, check your logs to see what went wrong.

After upgrading to osx 10.9.3, my external hard drive was not able to mount, but it can be mounted without issue in osx 10.6, how do I solve it? it was formatted by disk utility.

Hi
After upgrading to osx 10.9.3, my external hard drive was not able to mount, but it can be mounted without issue in osx 10.6, how do I solve it? it was formatted by disk utility.
Thanks
PT

From the menu bar, select
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Power Adapter
and uncheck the box labeled Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible, if it's checked.
If the drive has more than one interface (USB, FireWire, Thunderbolt, eSATA), try one of the other interfaces.
Check that the data cable is securely inserted at both ends.
Try a different cable.
If you're connecting the drive through a hub, connect it directly to a built-in port on the Mac.
If you're connecting it directly, try a different port.
Disconnect all other devices on the bus, or as many as possible.
Test the drive with another Mac. Test another drive with this Mac.
If the drive is bus-powered, but has an AC adapter, connect the adapter.
Start up in Recovery mode and launch Disk Utility. Is the drive recognized?
Start up in Safe Mode and test.
Reset the NVRAM.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If the drive doesn't work under any of the above conditions, and if another drive does work with the same Mac, then the drive has failed. You may be able to salvage the mechanism by removing it from the enclosure and installing it in another one, or in a drive dock.

[Solved]Can't mount external hdd at boot!

Hi!
I'm trying to mount my new external hdd (Lacie USB2) at boot, but without success.
To avoid random device name (sdx, sdy), I would like to use UUID in my fstab file.
I've read this wiki.
I think my configuration is ok, but there's an error at boot saying "Device with UUID xxxxxxxx doesn't exist, can't mount it", or something like that.
Here are some commands:
[eko@nodrom ~]$ fdisk -l
Disque /dev/sdb: 500.1 Go, 500107862016 octets
255 têtes, 63 secteurs/piste, 60801 cylindres
Unités = cylindres de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 octets
Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système
/dev/sdb1 * 1 60801 488384001 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
[eko@nodrom ~]$ /bin/ls -lF /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 jui 26 13:06 1da8b247-2a03-4a00-817c-d4da8df63488 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 jui 26 13:06 485e9b10-fce5-4cbd-b23a-81f232d23bc5 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 jui 26 13:06 6853-5BA9 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 jui 26 13:06 8aa3ce4c-5e2a-48c8-b3c3-38d02b4c0e68 -> ../../sda3
And my fstab file:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 home ext3 defaults 0 1
#Disque dur externe
UUID=6853-5BA9 /media/hdd vfat rw,user,auto,exec,gid=100,uid=1000,umask=002,iocharset=utf8,codepage=850,shortname=mixed 0 0
Could someone help me?
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by vomix (2007-08-09 17:56:28)

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
But even with /dev/disk/by-uuid/6853-5BA9 in my fstab file, it fails to automount it.
It says "Special device with UUID=6853-5BA9 does not exist".
The weird thing is that I can mount it manually without problems.
(In fact, that's not true, I've the same problem than steven. May it be a kernel-related problem?)
Or maybe there's a fault in the rest of my fstab line? (iocharset, guid, etc?)
In the case of a kernel related bug, how could I downgrade it?
I've tried with "pacman -U kernel26-2.6.21.6-1.pkg.tar.gz" in /var/cache/pacman/pkg but it broke my xorg server at reboot.

[solved] when it's mounted it is actually unmounted and vice versa?

I have a strange problem. I mounted one of my partitions (sdb2) manually as a regular user. Now I can't unmount it any more. I can't unmount it as root. Although sdb2 is nut mounted according to mtab, it somehow remains mounted because ls /mnt/archive still lists the files as if sdb2 was stil mounted. I can open the directories. I can open files on this 'unmounted' partition in my file manager (Xfe). Even after rebooting I can access sdb2 via mount point /mnt/archive although sdb2 shouldn't be mounted automatically because of the noauto in fstb. So, after rebooting I can access the directories and files on sdb2 without mounting the partition. When I mount it manually now, I can't access anything: /mnt/archive is an empty directory. And now there is an entry in mtab that says that sdb2 is mount on /mnt/archive. But after unmounting sdb2 /mnt/archive is no longer an empty directory. All the files and directories on sdb2 are accessible.
Before all this 33% of my root space was used. Now it's 76%. Whenever I mounted a partition on a mount point in /mnt before, it didn't change this used space on my root partition. So why does it seem to do that now?
Can anyone explain what is going wrong here and how to solve it?
Ther is no problem with sdb1. After mounting it, I can access the directories and files on it. The used space on my root partition is not increased. After unmounting sdb1 /mnt/vbox is an empty file.
fstab:
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda5 /home reiserfs defaults 0 1
/dev/sda7 /home/phnx2/music reiserfs user,rw,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/vbox ext3 user,rw,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /mnt/archive ext3 user,rw,noauto 0 0
Last edited by lnx (2011-06-14 09:43:19)

I suppose your first manual mounting as user didn’t succeed, so you accidentally copied the contents you wanted to be on the sdb2 partition while it wasn’t mounted. So those files remained on the same (/) partition, but under the “mount point” /mnt/archive. Then if you mount sdb2 over it, its contents become invisible and inaccessible, but you can access the empty sdb2. You should backup the files you have in /mnt/archive, really mount sdb2, and then copy the files “back” to /mnt/archive.

Can't mount cifs unit after update to kernel 3.4.2.2

Hi,
After upgrade to kernel 3.4.2.2 I can't mount some cifs units. I get this error in dmesg:
[ 548.993302] CIFS VFS: Connecting to DFS root not implemented yet
[ 548.993417] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22

mgmartins wrote:
Yes, but I have no "noatime" option include in my fstabs :'(
kimera wrote:Here it works removing "noatime".
Don't ask me why, I've found it here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143387
Problems here as well. My error.log shows....
Jun 25 18:58:02 localhost kernel: [ 34.904637] CIFS VFS: Connecting to DFS root not implemented yet
Jun 25 18:58:02 localhost kernel: [ 34.914335] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22
Jun 25 19:07:03 localhost kernel: [ 32.279555] CIFS VFS: default security mechanism requested. The default security mechanism will be upgraded from ntlm to ntlmv2 in kernel release 3.3
My fstab entries also do not have noatime.
FYI, my NAS is a dns-323.
Any assistance would be gratefully accepted, in the mean time I'll just mount using sshfs :-(
Last edited by lambretta (2012-06-25 12:30:44)

"mount: only root can mount" or "Unprivileged user can not mount NTFS"

I'm trying to set up an NTFS partition to use as a common data partition between Arch and Windows. I have it added to fstab so that any user in the ntfsuser group can have access to it, but if it gets unmounted accidentally from the "eject" symbol in the nautilus gui, you have to sudo to mount it back up. Is there a way for it to be remounted automatically when you click on the partition again in Nautilus? I've searched all through the forums and looked through several articles on the wiki but haven't been able to come up with anything. The error I get says
mount: only root can mount /dev/sda4 on /home/adam/UserData
I've tried adding the users option to fstab, but that only manages to change the error to
Unprivileged user can not mount NTFS block devices using the external FUSE
library. Either mount the volume as root, or rebuild NTFS-3G with integrated
FUSE support and make it setuid root. Please see more information at
http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#unprivileged
I've tried the suggestions at the link in the error, as well as tried the solutions given in [solved] Gnome : mounting NTFS partition as user and a few other posts, but still nothing. If possible, I'd prefer to stay away from the users option in fstab, since it adds a redundant link to the sidebar in nautilus with a different name.

@Mr.Elendig: It is mounted through fstab normally, but in nautilus there's an eject icon on the sidebar next to the name of the drive which I've accidentally clicked on a couple times if I'm just trying to open the drive real quick. Once its been unmounted like that it won't let me remount unless I use sudo. I'm just looking for something to make it a little more convenient than having to pop open a cli and type in a password.
I'll try the suid root when I get home tonight, otherwise I'll look into autofs.

Can't mount CIFS correctly...

Hello,
I'm trying to mount my Samba share automatically via fstab. It works, however, there seems to be permission problems. I can create directories, but I cannot create files inside those directories. This is my smb.conf (relevent parts only):
# Security mode. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
# values are share, user, server, domain and ads. Most people will want
# user level security. See the Samba-HOWTO-Collection for details.
security = share
[public]
path = /storage/public
read only = No
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
As you can see, it's supposed to be a guest share that anyone on the network can access and modify. However, no matter what kind of mount options I use I can never create files in directories...
Thanks for any help.

Perhaps the permissions on your filesystem are wrong, not the ones from samba.
Try force user = <the user that owns the directory which is shared>
example:
[files]
comment = chris
path = /home/chris/files
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
force user = chris

1 of my HD partition suddenly can't mount and want me to initialize! HELP!!

Hi,
If anyone who frequented these kind of problems before please let me know your solutions solving these problems. Thanks very much!!
I'm a musician and a frequent mac user,I have a Power Mac G4 dual 800 with 1.25GMhz ram running on Mac Os 9.21 but with Mac OS X installed (I need to use Mac OS classic due to some of my music softwares still need to be updated before I upgrade to OS X),I've put the Hard Disk in 2 other sub partition HD at the beginning and have been using it to put all my important audio files and songs files. No problems at all before these nightmare started!
The serious problem I'm having now is I suddenly can't mount one of my partition HD anymore.
-I heard weird sound when starting & re-starting the Mac. (Heard some Hard Disk weird sound like sound "crutch" sound" and since the partition can't be mounted, the first thing shows up after I boot the computer is asking me if I wanna Initialize the Hard Disk because it's unreadable. There is 2 choices for me "Cancel" & "Initialize" But there is no effect when I choose "Cancel" so I use the Force Quit.
2 little message saying my Main Hard Disk & the other partition are damaged but they still showing up properly and still running dangerously I think.
-I have tried to start-up by using the installer Disk came with the computer and runs the First Aid Kit to verify the disk. I can see the partition and can see the icon of it but it's just different from others (in a black tone basic classic icon) and after running the verification some following messages appears:
"Mountcheck found serious errors" (in red) then "Overlapped extent allocation,2.60" (in red) and "Hard disk need to be repaired" so I run the Repair mode and it just can't fix because it says it's not been mounted.
I've also checked the main HD and the other partition which sometimes had some problems with it but no problems been found.
-There was few times my computer do Freeze or appears a Bomb asking me to restart when I recording something using the partition for saving the data and a weird sound of hard disk comes before freezing. It seems it's always the same place of the hard disk. Also When I inserted a blank CD-R disk into the drive it just freeze and appears a Bomb message instead asking me if I wanna use the Toast or i-tunes for preparing the disk which I always used to do.
I really hope the computer can hang on just for 1 more month before I have a break to fix everything and backup everything inside or initialize everything inside.
P.S. I've another Powerbook G4 running on OS Tiger but it's mainly for my internet use. ( I don't use internet connection for my PowerMac G4)
And the Combo super Drive is DOWN,I just can't insert any Disk inside anymore. So if having another Mac is helpful for my issue,anything I would try.
Due To I'm having some urgent important jobs now so I really can't initialize or setup other new computers for my works now.
HELP! Thanks!!!

Just because you can't find them does not mean they aren't there.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

How can I mount / fix my Windows 7 partition?

So a while ago my Win 7 partition was "unmounted" and it wouldnt show up in my Finder. When I tried mounting it in Disk Utility it would never work. I would click Mount, and it would't do anything. I wasn't really bothered by it since the partition would still show up when I booted and held 'alt'. I could boot Windows fine.
I was experiencing some problems with my Mac so I figured I'd reinstall the OS. After I did however, the Win 7 partition didnt show up in the 'alt' boot menu. In Disk Utility, the partition still exists, and I still can't mount it. I honestly have no clue what to do, other than to start over again. I REALLY dont want to do that, becuase I have a lot of data on my Win partition.
So im asking how the flip do i fix this...
Any help is, obviously, very apprechiated.

I think you missed my point. Something you've already done has resulted in corruption of the boot loader or boot block making it impossible for you to now boot from your Windows system via your original Boot Camp installation. Reformatting the Windows partition will just remove everything already installed on it, so that would not sound like a good solution for you.
It may be possible to recover the Windows volume using CampTune, but I don't know that myself. I've not used it. The other possibility is to install a new boot loader:
Boot Runner
The rEFInd Boot Manager - Roderick Smith

Can't mount drive after changing permissions to 777

Hey guys,
I'm having trouble mounting an external hard drive after I changed it's permissions to 777. With "get info" on the disk itself I changed the permissions of me, staff, everyone to read & write access for the whole disk incl. "apply to enclosed items". Now I can't mount it, disk utility tells me it needs repairing, but repair permission and repair disk both fail. It gave me read access at one point but obvioulsy I couldn't change the permissions from there.
It's a 2TB disk in a JBOD enclosure if that makes any difference and was serving as SMB media server for my home network via USB on my router (Linksys E4200).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
V

worked first time I plugged it in so Jolly Giant you are 100% right
my hub was a powered hub which I chose not to plug in not thinking TM would need power
my question is why? (this is a rhetorical question not one to you Jolly Giant unless you know why)
I purchased a hub which is "powerable" but why leave the "brick" plugged in all the time when nothing plugged into it needs the power?
the external hard disk (at least this model) has power of its own
the printer has power on its own
the Time Capsule has power on its own
All 3 were functioning as expected except in Time Machine when I chose to not plug the hub in
Looks like I will have to burn a little extra energy and plug in my USB hub just to make Time Machine function - this seems fuelish

[Solved] sshfs can't mount via fstab on startup

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for