Thread: Error: wrong fs type when trying to mount external HD

my external hard drive works perfect windows machine, can not mount on ubuntu 11.10.

following error message:

"error mounting: mount exited exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
in cases useful info found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so"

dmesg | tail returns following:

[ 89.817894] fat-fs (sdc1): bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 89.817910] fat-fs (sdc1): can't find valid fat filesystem
[ 166.765576] fat-fs (sdc1): bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 166.765582] fat-fs (sdc1): can't find valid fat filesystem
[ 271.436097] fat-fs (sdc1): bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 271.436103] fat-fs (sdc1): can't find valid fat filesystem
[ 324.772352] fat-fs (sdc1): bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 324.772360] fat-fs (sdc1): can't find valid fat filesystem
[ 1228.799077] fat-fs (sdc1): bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 1228.799089] fat-fs (sdc1): can't find valid fat filesystem

fdisc -l returns this:

disk /dev/sdc: 320.1 gb, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
disk identifier: 0x41ffc810

device boot start end blocks id system
/dev/sdc1 * 63 625121279 312560608+ 7 hpfs/ntfs/exfat

what

happy new year all
laura

okay, got might exfuse causing me trouble, but...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...5#post10484125
i got following:

sudo apt-get install subversion
sudo apt-get install scons sudo apt-get install libfuse-dev sudo apt-get install gcc cd ~ svn co http://exfat.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ exfat-read-only cd exfat-read-only scons sudo scons install cd .. rm –rf exfat-read-only sudo mkdir [mountpoint] sudo mount –t exfat-fuse [device_path] [mountpoint]
no errors till rm , same error when trying mount afterwards.


http://genjusz.wordpress.com/2011/11...-ubuntu-11-10/
got:

sudo su - add-apt-repository ppa:relan/exfat apt-get update apt-get install fuse-exfat
apt-get install build-essential apt-get install ncurses-dev apt-get install util-linux

, hey - got through without errors! doesn't seem making difference when trying mount (or plug in) hd.

continue search , solutions myself, appreciated!

/laura

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