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util-linux package

cannot read from drive

Asked by Ramannan Ravindran

Not reading the contents from drive.contents show 0 files,but the drive contains files.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please tell which drive...

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Ramannan Ravindran (senravin) said : 		#2

from any external drive

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Might be all your devices have errors on it...

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/122069

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Ramannan Ravindran (senravin) said : 		#4

No all the devices are working fine in other systems( WINDOWS Xp)

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Yes windows mount devices with errors on them it without any warning to the users...

So please run a disk check on your devices from Windows then retry to mount...

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

New to Ubuntu: read the Ubuntu Manual, it's very informative: http://ubuntu-manual.org/
Click on the "download Button" to download the latest PDF version.

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