Timeline for Failed to mount partition
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| Aug 29 at 18:33 | history | edited | doneal24 |
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| Aug 19 at 7:28 | vote | accept | birdman | ||
| Aug 18 at 2:09 | comment | added | cas | As for whether you should reformat it or not, that depends on whether you ever intend to use the drive in a windows system again. If yes, keep it as NTFS. If not, reformat it as ext4 or xfs or some other linux filesystem (after backing it up or copying any files you want to keep). NTFS is good for windows, but terrible for Linux - it's really only useful for exchanging files between windows & linux. | |
| Aug 18 at 2:04 | comment | added | cas |
Whether you reformat it or not, use the UUID in /etc/fstab, not /dev/sdc1. UUIDs never change (at least, not unless you reformat it again), while drive device names like /dev/sdc are not guaranteed to be the same across reboots. All it takes is for the kernel to identify the drives in a different order at boot time, or for you to add another drive to the system, and now sdc is sda or sdb.
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| Aug 17 at 21:45 | comment | added | birdman | The NTFS partition is not shared with Windows, but it comes from an old Windows installation. I have overridden the Windows installation with Debian. In one of the links you shared, I read someone that suggests the following: "You can format it using GParted to the 'EXT4' or 'BTRFS' format. Then write down the UUID of that disk. Then you can change your 'Fstab' file." Backing up my data and formatting the partition and then restoring the files might be a good idea. It is suggested to write the UUID, but I guess I can also leave the partition name "sdc1" and just change the type to "ext4." | |
| Aug 17 at 20:40 | answer | added | tink | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 17 at 20:38 | comment | added | oldfred | Is the NTFS partition shared with Windows? If so Windows will turn fast startup on with updates, which sets the hibernation flag. The Linux NTFS driver will not default mount hibernated partitions to prevent damage. See: askubuntu.com/questions/1460440/… askubuntu.com/questions/843153/… | |
| Aug 17 at 20:29 | history | asked | birdman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |