Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
I must be getting old! I'm only 78, but I can't copy files to my hdd anymore! Any help for this 'old fart'?
Mind.. 78 is still young!
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Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:39 pm
Please provide your quick system info (the whole thing), then we can see your system, might give a clue.
Mind.. 78 is still young!
Mind.. 78 is still young!
Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:43 pm
OK. I forgot it, so here it is now:
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System: Kernel: 5.10.0-20-amd64 [5.10.158-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-20-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.2.1_x64 Wildflower October 20 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 790 v: 01 serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 6 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0HY9JP v: A01 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A22 date: 07/03/2018
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-2400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 6 MiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 24742
Speed: 2916 MHz min/max: 1600/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2916 2: 2963 3: 2829
4: 2800
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled,
RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: loaded: intel
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x1024 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x270mm (13.3x10.6")
s-diag: 433mm (17")
Monitor-1: VGA1 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 340x270mm (13.4x10.6")
diag: 434mm (17.1")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5
compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-20-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: 3080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 212.32 GiB (11.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1500DL003-9VT16L size: 1.36 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5900
serial: <filter> rev: CC32 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST350063 0AS
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter>
rev: E
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 41.59 GiB size: 40.64 GiB (97.72%) used: 9.78 GiB (24.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 1.32 TiB size: 1.3 TiB (98.35%) used: 47.99 GiB (3.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.62 GiB used: 193.1 MiB (5.2%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2050 lib: 1003 flatpak: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info: Processes: 244 Uptime: 8h 24m wakeups: 1 Memory: 3.72 GiB used: 2.08 GiB (55.9%)
Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1
alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:59 pm
inxi says the drive is attached but no partitions are mounted. Do you see the partition(s) in the left pane of File Manager? Does clicking one of them mount it? A screenshot would be helpful.
Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:32 pm
How old are they? Check your cables (blow the dust off) and gparted too.
Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:26 pm
Yes, the partitions show, and the ;contents of each do also. Also, I can click on oll of them and see the contents, which are available for all purposes. I use the ext hdd to simply copy my documents, etc, as a backup.pbear wrote: Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:59 pm inxi says the drive is attached but no partitions are mounted. Do you see the partition(s) in the left pane of File Manager? Does clicking one of them mount it? A screenshot would be helpful.
I also was able to create a folder for this 'backup', with no difficulty. BUT, I cannot paste even one file into that folder.
Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:10 pm
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sudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername /media/yourusername/*i.e.
sudo chown -R huck:huck /media/huck/*
You can also first make sure what your user id is (generally it's 1000 for the 1st created user)
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idsudo chown -R 1000:1000 /media/huck/*
Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 12:05 am
What partition type does the external drive have? If it's a Windows type, then it may have some minor inconsistencies which is enough to cause the partition to become read-only. Debian Stable does not have full NTFS, ExFAT, or even FAT32 support, so our ability to rectify issues with these filesystems is limited. It's one of the very few reasons I leave a copy of Windows on a handful of my machines.
Keep a mind of what @Huckleberry Finn said, but make 1 change which I'll show below, which is especially useful for writes to the root of the drive/partition. HF's method changes all existing content on the drive/partition to you, but there is a better way to achieve RW access to any existing or new partition, that is to change the ownership of the dot file at the root of the partition. The dot file is a single full stop type of dot " . ", not the word as we read it, and it cannot be seen through a regular file browser like Thunar, though we invoke it when we run a command from the terminal, and if it's owned by you, then the whole partition is yours to do with as you please.
When first introducing a native format external drive, Instead of doing
change the asterisk to a dot
and the drive will be yours forever, no more fuss with changing ownership of mass folders and files, and it can be done an any internal or external drive/partition, whether it's fresh or already used, though, if it's already used, you'll have to do the command twice, once with the dot and another the asterisk .
Keep a mind of what @Huckleberry Finn said, but make 1 change which I'll show below, which is especially useful for writes to the root of the drive/partition. HF's method changes all existing content on the drive/partition to you, but there is a better way to achieve RW access to any existing or new partition, that is to change the ownership of the dot file at the root of the partition. The dot file is a single full stop type of dot " . ", not the word as we read it, and it cannot be seen through a regular file browser like Thunar, though we invoke it when we run a command from the terminal, and if it's owned by you, then the whole partition is yours to do with as you please.
When first introducing a native format external drive, Instead of doing
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sudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername /media/drivename/*Code: Select all
sudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername /media/drivename/.Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:01 am
@m_pav thank you for that, very nice trick :)
Re: Mx21 -- copy files to external hdd
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:46 pm
I'm sorry, I posted a reply yesterday that doesn't show here, so I guess this Old-fart did something wrong again. So, I'll try again now:
While waiting, I was fiddling around and found a way to paste into the folder on the ext hdd: right click on the folder, and then click on "Open Root Thunar here", and then I can paste into the folder.
Thanks to all the helpers!
While waiting, I was fiddling around and found a way to paste into the folder on the ext hdd: right click on the folder, and then click on "Open Root Thunar here", and then I can paste into the folder.
Thanks to all the helpers!