HDD Not in mnt folder

7blade · January 16, 2021, 2:08am

For whatever reason my WD_Black 5tb USB drive (ID-6) is not showing in my mnt folder with all the other HDDs including a WD Mybook. The only other drive that is not showing as well is the boot drive (ID-3, SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB)

All the drives show up when I access them and I have desktop links to all, even the WD_Black. All are set to mount on boot and do so every time.

This just looks a little weird to me.
Has anybody else seen this? Have I reached some kind of limiting thing or what?
This is my basic system report for my Dell XPS8900.

System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-62-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 
           wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Dell product: XPS 8900 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0XJ8C4 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 2.8.0 date: 06/22/2020 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-6400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 
           L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21599 
           Speed: 889 MHz min/max: 800/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 745] driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
           chip ID: 10de:1382 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NV117 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX] driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fbc 
           Device-3: Logitech H600 [Wireless Headset] type: USB 
           driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-5.1:7 chip ID: 046d:0a29 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-62-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f000 
           bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15b8 
           IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
           chip ID: 8086:2723 
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 13.19 TiB used: 4.22 TiB (32.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST500LM021-1KJ152 size: 465.76 GiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST500LM021-1KJ152 size: 465.76 GiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Western Digital model: WD4002FYYZ-01B7CB0 size: 3.64 TiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-5: /dev/sde type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Book 25EE size: 3.64 TiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-6: /dev/sdg type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Game Drive size: 4.55 TiB 
           serial: <filter> 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus ID: 00:17.0 
           chip ID: 8086.2822 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 456.96 GiB used: 147.25 GiB (32.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 1-3:3 info: Logitech M105 Optical Mouse type: Mouse 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:c077 
           Device-2: 1-4:4 info: China Resource Semico USB Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1a2c:4094 
           Hub: 1-5:5 info: Belkin F5U234 USB 2.0 4-Port Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 050d:0234 
           Device-3: 1-5.1:7 info: Logitech H600 [Wireless Headset] type: Audio,HID 
           driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:0a29 
           Device-4: 1-11:6 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb rev: 2.0 chip ID: 8087:0029 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Device-5: 2-5:2 info: Western Digital My Book 25EE type: Mass Storage 
           driver: usb-storage rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1058:25ee 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 3-1:2 info: VIA Labs VL812 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 chip ID: 2109:2812 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 4-1:2 info: VIA Labs VL812 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 2109:0812 
           Device-6: 4-3:3 info: Western Digital Game Drive type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage 
           rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1058:262f 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 60.5 C mobo: 29.8 C gpu: nouveau temp: 47 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list 
           1: deb https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main
           2: deb [arch=amd64] https: //download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/collabora.list 
           1: deb https: //www.collaboraoffice.com/repos/CollaboraOnline/CODE-ubuntu2004 ./
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jeffreyratcliffe-ppa-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/jeffreyratcliffe/ppa/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonaski-strawberry-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/jonaski/strawberry/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kdenlive-kdenlive-stable-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/kdenlive/kdenlive-stable/ubuntu focal main
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           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/obsproject-obs-studio-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
           2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-php-focal.list 
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           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-focal.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuhandbook1-gimp-focal.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
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Info:      Processes: 300 Uptime: 1d 22m Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 4.44 GiB (28.5%) Init: systemd 
           v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client 
           inxi: 3.0.38

7blade · January 16, 2021, 3:39am

MAYBE.

Back to basics.
Been doing some cyber sluthing.
This hard drive is intended for game boxes like x-box, etc. It might be a format issue as I did no initialing/format when I hooked it up.
Maybe I should move all my data off and use gparted to re-initialize and reformat and see if that works.
Thoughts?

TrekJunky · January 16, 2021, 6:17am

Yes, BACKUP your files BEFORE you format/partition the drive. I am not savvy enough to know if there is a limit to the number of hard drives Linux will support. I assume, if it shows up, it can be used by Linux.

Mina · January 16, 2021, 3:02pm

Before reformatting everything, I’d like to see the output of

sudo blkid

and the content of

/etc/fstab

7blade · January 16, 2021, 4:13pm

Here are the results your request:

sudo blkid output
/dev/sda1: LABEL=“PLEX-LIBRARY” UUID=“01D63C476EC81800” TYPE=“ntfs” PARTUUID=“de307e6d-f337-9396-9a7e-1ada8f82a0d5”
/dev/sdd2: LABEL=“FAMILY_FILES” UUID=“C2289B56289B47F5” TYPE=“ntfs” PARTLABEL=“Basic data partition” PARTUUID=“0ce8daca-b7c2-4127-a54a-d15dee61acc8”
/dev/sdb1: LABEL=“2.5 SECOND” UUID=“01D63C48322F4980” TYPE=“ntfs” PARTUUID=“ddf341b9-2710-0000-ac5d-806e6f6e6963”
/dev/sdc1: UUID=“D66E-01E6” TYPE=“vfat” PARTLABEL=“EFI System Partition” PARTUUID=“217b2afb-d52f-4734-8cc8-44893948fefa”
/dev/sdc2: UUID=“81bcd435-ff04-4f45-b62b-98e4810a8171” TYPE=“ext4” PARTUUID=“eed8a41b-139d-4397-b641-782009ffd758”
/dev/sde1: LABEL=“ARCHIVES” UUID=“AA9E-C935” TYPE=“exfat” PTTYPE=“atari” PARTLABEL=“My Book” PARTUUID=“9128ce11-0874-40b2-a05a-179190198291”
/dev/sdg1: LABEL=“WD_BLACK” UUID=“ACF5-334D” TYPE=“exfat” PTTYPE=“atari” PARTLABEL=“WD_BLACK” PARTUUID=“6fa792eb-ffd3-475c-84c2-814d91cb5470”
/dev/loop0: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop1: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop2: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop3: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop4: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop5: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop6: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop7: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop8: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop9: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop10: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop11: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop12: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop13: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop14: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop15: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop16: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop17: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop18: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop19: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop20: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/loop21: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/sdd1: PARTLABEL=“Microsoft reserved partition” PARTUUID=“a30858f1-0850-4e1f-8c2f-66f9cfc1e32a”

fstab content

/etc/fstab: static file system information.

Use ‘blkid’ to print the universally unique identifier for a

device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices

that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).

/ was on /dev/sda2 during installation

UUID=81bcd435-ff04-4f45-b62b-98e4810a8171 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1

/boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation

UUID=D66E-01E6 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_My_Book_25EE_574343374B31525039585554-0:0-part1 /mnt/usb-WD_My_Book_25EE_574343374B31525039585554-0:0-part1 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=ARCHIVES 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/C2289B56289B47F5 /mnt/C2289B56289B47F5 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=FAMILY%20FILES 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/01D63C48322F4980 /mnt/01D63C48322F4980 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=2.5%20SECOND-R 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/01D63C476EC81800 /mnt/01D63C476EC81800 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=PLEX-LIBRARY 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_Game_Drive_575855314535393848314456-0:0-part1 /mnt/usb-WD_Game_Drive_575855314535393848314456-0:0-part1 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=WD_BLACK 0 0

Appears I have quite the mix of formats in use but how did “atari” get into the mix?
I’ve backed up the drive but have not reformated.
Formating brings up a whole new set of questions ext4 or ngfs for starter. I’ll be taking a look at the options later today even though I’m leaning toward ext4.

Mina · January 16, 2021, 4:31pm

If I were you, I’d first create a fixed mount point for your “WD_Black” drive.

sudo mkdir /mnt/wdblack

make it accessible with:

sudo chmod -R 777 /mnt/wdblack

and then add the following line to etc/fstab:

UUID=ACF5-334D /mnt/wdblack exfat defaults,nofail 0 1

and then try to mount it with

sudo mount -a

7blade · January 16, 2021, 4:50pm

This is the output of sudo mount -a
fuse: bad mount point `/mnt/usb-WD_Game_Drive_575855314535393848314456-0:0-part1’: No such file or directory
FUSE exfat 1.3.0
WARN: volume was not unmounted cleanly.

7blade · January 16, 2021, 4:54pm

Looking things over it appears renaming the directory to ‘usb-WD_Game_Drive_575855314535393848314456-0:0-part1’ might solve this?
The directory contains the same relative information as the other drives listed.

7blade · January 16, 2021, 5:16pm

THANK YOU!!!
Your post pointed me in the right direction to solve this.
Expanding on the output of your suggested command sudo mount -a;
I looked at all the other folders in /mnt and noticed they all contained the same relative info.
I couldn’t rename the directory but I could create a new one (I was in the /mnt folder as root) using the mnt info in the fstab file (basicly copied the same format as the other usb drives).
I noted that folder got populated by the same subfolders as the wdblack.
I removed the line I previously added to the fstab file as I noticed the mount point for the wdblack was already there. I also deleted the wdblack folder after I rebooted.
It works as it should now.
Again, Thank you so much.

Mina · January 16, 2021, 6:15pm

So glad, I could help!

Have a lovely evening!