GoFlex Home not remounting storage after factory reflash

[jnandi1]

Hi, I did a factory reflash, recreated the same usernames as before, and then remounted (physically) the storage device onto the goflex base. The storage disk is not getting mounted.

From the web console I see the storage listed under /dev/sda1 as "inactive (safe to remove)"

If I SSH into the box and see the mount list, I see

bash-3.2# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
ubi0:rootfs on / type ubifs (rw)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw)
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
nodev on /var/log type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /mnt/tmpfs type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lib/php/session type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/run type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/cache type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lib/axentra_sync type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lib/oe-admin/minions type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lib/oe-admin/actions type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lib/oe-update-checker type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /etc/blkid type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lib/dbus type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lib/dhclient type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/spool type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /etc/printcap type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /etc/resolv.conf type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /var/cache/mt-daapd type tmpfs (rw)
ubi0:rootfs on /tmp/eaccelerator type ubifs (rw)
ubi0:rootfs on /tmp/templates_c type ubifs (rw)
nodev on /home/0external type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /home/admin/External Storage type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /home/jnandi/External Storage type tmpfs (rw)
nodev on /home/knegi/External Storage type tmpfs (rw)

Since only the External Storage has been mounted, I was thinking of remounting the /dev/sda1 ext3 FS all over again. However, when I check the /etc/fstab file to see what it would mount, it doesn't list the /dev/sda1 location is "commented out", as below:

bash-3.2# cat /etc/fstab
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# file system mount type options dump pass
#/dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
#/dev/sda3 /home ext3 defaults,bsdgroups,noatime,nodiratime 0 0
#/dev/md0 /home xfs defaults,bsdgroups,noatime,nodiratime 0 0
## other examples, uncomment to activate
#/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
nodev /var/log tmpfs
nodev /mnt/tmpfs tmpfs
nodev /var/lib/php/session tmpfs defaults
ubi0:rootfs / ubifs defaults 1 1

Any ideas on the proper way to remount the /dev/sda1 to that I get access to Public, Personal, Backup folders for all users?

 

[popatim]

lookslike the storage is waiting for you to take the drive out. Putting it back in with the system on shold redetect it but I'm not familiar with this using.

Otherwise can you not just mount the drive at the command line?
$ sudo mount dev/sdx...

 

[jnandi1]

lookslike the storage is waiting for you to take the drive out. Putting it back in with the system on shold redetect it but I'm not familiar with this using.

Otherwise can you not just mount the drive at the command line?
$ sudo mount dev/sdx...

Yup, tried mount /dev/sdx1 ... it said the entry does not exist in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab.

 

[jnandi1]

lookslike the storage is waiting for you to take the drive out. Putting it back in with the system on shold redetect it but I'm not familiar with this using.

The GoFlex has a USB port in the base, to add additional drives. I plugged in a USB storage stick to see what would happen. That gets recognized and is mounted automatically now as /dev/sda1, but the main storage /dev/sdb1 is still showing inactive. (I can run

/usr/sbin/pchkntfs -f /dev/sdb1

on it though)