[wellylug] problem mounting debian partition under ubuntu
Cliff Pratt
enkidu at cliffp.com
Tue Sep 22 22:35:17 NZST 2009
Unmount
sudo umount /mnt/debianhd
Remount
sudo mount /dev/Debian/root /mnt/debianhd -o rw,user
'rw' instead of 'ro'
Cheers,
Cliff
Colin Lewis wrote:
> Problem I now have is that any document I open off this drive in OOo
> comes up in read-only mode. I presume this is a permissions problem,
> but what do I need to change and where?
>
> sorry to be an ongoing source of probably simple questions
>
> Colin
>
>
> Colin Lewis wrote:
>> Ah, this now works. I can also access my actual documents as well, and
>> I have even managed to get a desktop link. Thanks so much for the support.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>> Cliff Pratt wrote:
>>
>>> Colin Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> having just had Ubuntu installed on Sunday's installfest, I am now
>>>> wanting to access my existing documents from my 2nd HDD that my previous
>>>> Debain install was on. I was given a set of instructions for using LVM2
>>>> to identify the Debian partition details in order to then mount it for
>>>> access from Ubuntu. These have not worked however, so any assistance in
>>>> being able to access my second HDD would be appreciated.
>>>> The following are the instructions and the results I obtained using them:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Install lvm2 using command "$ sudo apt-get install lvm2"
>>>> appeared to be successful
>>>>
>>>> 2. Load necessary modules using "$ sudo modprobe dm-mod"
>>>> got result "FATAL: module mod_dm not found"
>>>>
>>>> Persevered to step 3 anyway to scan system for LVM volumes to identify
>>>> the volume group name using "$ sudo vgscan"
>>>> received result "Found volume group "Debian" using metadata type lvm2"
>>>>
>>>> 4. Activate the volume using "$ sudo vgchange -ay <volume name>"
>>>> gave result "3 logical volume(s) in volume group "Debian" now active"
>>>>
>>>> 5. Find the logical volume that has the root file system using "$ sudo lvs"
>>>> received result:
>>>> LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert
>>>> home Debian -wi-a- 122.45G
>>>> root Debian -wi-a- 15.00G
>>>> var Debian -wi-a- 10.00G
>>>> This is where I don't think I got sufficient detail back to proceed
>>>> further
>>>>
>>>> Step 6 was to create a mount point using "$sudo mkdir /mnt/debianhd"
>>>> this appeared to work
>>>>
>>>> last step which I also haven't done was to mount the Debian volume using
>>>> "$ sudo mount /dev/<volume name>/<logical volume> /mnt/debianhd -o ro,user"
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on how I proceed from here appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Looks like all you have to do is:
>>>
>>> $ sudo mount /dev/Debian/root /mnt/debianhd -o ro,user
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Cliff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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