XPost: aus.computers   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:37:11 +1100, Felix wrote:   
   >   
   >> When I put it in my Linux 22 box it appears unmounted   
   >> but LM tries to mount it viz:   
   >>   
   >> https://auslink.info/files/disk2.png   
   > As root:   
   >   
   >      file -s /dev/sde1   
      
   peter@ASUS:~$ file -s /dev/sde1   
   /dev/sde1: no read permission   
      
   >   
   > should report any recognizable filesystem on that partition. If it just   
   > says “data”, then you’re in trouble ...   
   >   
   >      fdisk -l /dev/sde   
      
   peter@ASUS:~$ fdisk -l /dev/sde   
   fdisk: cannot open /dev/sde: Permission denied   
      
      
   >   
   > should report some information about the partition setup on the entire   
   > disk.   
   >   
   > If the file command reports a valid-looking filesystem, you can also try   
   > manually mounting the disk into a temporary mount point, e.g.   
   >   
   >      mount -o ro /dev/sde1 /mnt   
      
   peter@ASUS:~$  mount -o ro /dev/sde1 /mnt   
   mount: /mnt: must be superuser to use mount.   
           dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system   
   call.   
      
   >   
   > (note the option to do it reaonly, just in case) and hopefully get a   
   > better message than “unknown error”.   
      
   does any of that help?   
      
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