[SOLVED] partition help?

[kdubbla]

when i installed ubuntu i partitioned 2 chucks 130gb a piece for backup, i did not format it to any type , and there is a folder in each called lost+found, i cannot create files inside them for some reason, i think i need to format them also when i installed i didnt assign them to anything for example its not /boot or /home i just left it blank did i mess it up? im tryin to use these for a ftp server so i need to format them and just need to know if i need to assign them anything like /root or whatever, sorry i am new to linux i know nothing about it TY TY

[meton_magis]

/boot or /home are mount points, not format. Your disks are already formated (the lost+found gives it away) you just need to edit your mount point. check either /etc/fstab, or edit your `mount /dev/?da[0-9] /mount/point` command. also, lost+found is a directory that is placed onto all ext filesystems for recovery of files that asploded into nothing (I dont remember how it works exactly.)
you are not meant to PUT stuff into them, just take it out.

[devils casper]

We have to check partition structure of your hard disk first. Its not possible write anything in Linux partition before gaining its ownership.

Open Terminal/Konsole and execute this

id
sudo fdisk -l
df -h

Post output here.

* Its small L in fdisk -l.

[kdubbla]

dubskies@dubskies-linux:~$ id
uid=1000(dubskies) gid=1000(dubskies) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),10 8(lpadmin),123(admin),124(sambashare),1000(dubskie s)
dubskies@dubskies-linux:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000bd4d4

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 608 4883728+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 609 48641 385825072+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 609 6687 48829536 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 6688 22492 126953631 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 22493 38297 126953631 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 38298 48641 83088148+ 83 Linux
dubskies@dubskies-linux:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 46G 2.3G 42G 6% /
tmpfs 1008M 0 1008M 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1008M 112K 1008M 1% /var/run
varlock 1008M 0 1008M 0% /var/lock
udev 1008M 2.7M 1006M 1% /dev
tmpfs 1008M 248K 1008M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1008M 2.0M 1006M 1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile
/dev/sda6 120G 279M 113G 1% /home

[kdubbla]

also i just dont know how to HD setup work with linux , but basically im gonna use those 2 drives, the 130gb and 80gb to backup files onto and does that mean i have to "Mount" them every time i need to use them? i just dont know linux enough im just getting started with it thank you!!

[yancek]

Your fdisk output shows your root (/) partition as sda5 and your /home partition as sda6. You refer to 130GB and 80GB drives but your output only shows one 400GB drive? Are you confusing drives with partitions? You have two other partitions, sda7 and sda8, are these the paritions you are referring to?

[kdubbla]

yes sda7 and sda8 are what i want to use for backing up, i meant partitions, and hwy do i need to always mount them? and how do i format them>? and if im formatting them for windows files do i need to format to a special type? and how do i make it so i dont need to mount them?

[devils casper]

There is no need to format partitions in Windows based filesystems, NTFS or FAT32 because there isn't any Windows OS installed in your Hard disk.

Are you planning to install Windows OS?

Edit /etc/fstab file and add code to automount both partitions.
Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

It will open /etc/fstab file in Gedit with root privileges.
Add these lines at the end of file :

/dev/sda7   /media/sda7  ext3  defaults      0      0
/dev/sda8   /media/sda8  ext3  defaults      0      0

Save file and execute this in Terminal :

cd /media
sudo mkdir sda7 sda8
chown -R dubskies:dubskies sda7
chown -R dubskies:dubskies sda8

Above commands will create mount_points ( folders ) for /dev/sda7 and /dev/sda8 partitions. chown command will give ownership of both to user dubskies.

Reboot machine and you will have full access to /dev/sda7 and sda8 partitions mounted at /media/sda7 and /media/sda8 folders.

[kdubbla]

now ere gettin into problems, everything worked but

chown -R dubskies:dubskies sda7
chown -R dubskies:dubskies sda8

they didnt work at all and not i restarted and ran it and it went thru every file in 7 and said operation not permitted, like a scrolling clusterfunk, Now when i run the command it says

skies@dubskies-linux:~$ chown -R dubskies:dubskies sda7
chown: cannot access `sda7': No such file or directory
dubskies@dubskies-linux:~$

[kmitnick]

you have to be in /media so devils casper told you to be in /media by using

cd /media

then

mkdir sda7 sda8

and finally execute

chown -R dubskies:dubskies sda7
chown -R dubskies:dubskies sda8

-R is for recursion since we want to change owner of all files inside these two folders
good luck