<div dir="ltr">Sander, here's the outputs for the two commands<div>I used the following command to mount</div><div><div>mount /dev/sda /mnt/</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>[root@usbnode1 ~]# fdisk -l</div>
<div>WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes, 312500000 sectors</div><div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div>
<div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>Disk label type: gpt</div><div><br></div><div># Start End Size Type Name</div>
<div> 1 2048 312499966 149G Linux filesyste</div><div> 2 34 2047 1007K Linux filesyste</div><div>WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/ST3160815AS_9RXCL4HB: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes, 312500000 sectors</div><div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div>
<div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>Disk label type: gpt</div><div><br></div><div># Start End Size Type Name</div><div> 1 2048 312499966 149G Linux filesyste</div>
<div> 2 34 2047 1007K Linux filesyste</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/ST3160815AS_9RXCL4HB1: 160.0 GB, 159998934528 bytes, 312497919 sectors</div><div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div>
<div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/ST3160815AS_9RXCL4HB2: 1 MB, 1031168 bytes, 2014 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/sdb: 7803 MB, 7803174912 bytes, 15240576 sectors</div><div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div>
<div>Disk label type: gpt</div><div><br></div><div># Start End Size Type Name</div><div> 1 2048 499711 243M BIOS boot parti primary</div><div> 2 499712 1499135 488M EFI System primary</div>
<div> 3 1499136 2500607 489M Microsoft basic primary</div><div> 4 2500608 15239167 6.1G Linux LVM primary</div><div>WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/Kingston_DataTraveler_2.0_C860008863CCED91EA06003B-0:0: 7803 MB, 7803174912 bytes, 15240576 sectors</div><div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div>
<div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>Disk label type: gpt</div><div><br></div><div># Start End Size Type Name</div><div> 1 2048 499711 243M BIOS boot parti primary</div>
<div> 2 499712 1499135 488M EFI System primary</div><div> 3 1499136 2500607 489M Microsoft basic primary</div><div> 4 2500608 15239167 6.1G Linux LVM primary</div><div>
<br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/Kingston_DataTraveler_2.0_C860008863CCED91EA06003B-0:0p1: 254 MB, 254803968 bytes, 497664 sectors</div><div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div>
<div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/Kingston_DataTraveler_2.0_C860008863CCED91EA06003B-0:0p2: 511 MB, 511705088 bytes, 999424 sectors</div><div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div>
<div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/Kingston_DataTraveler_2.0_C860008863CCED91EA06003B-0:0p3: 512 MB, 512753664 bytes, 1001472 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/Kingston_DataTraveler_2.0_C860008863CCED91EA06003B-0:0p4: 6522 MB, 6522142720 bytes, 12738560 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/live-rw: 1610 MB, 1610612736 bytes, 3145728 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/HostVG-Swap: 3095 MB, 3095396352 bytes, 6045696 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/HostVG-Config: 8 MB, 8388608 bytes, 16384 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/HostVG-Logging: 2147 MB, 2147483648 bytes, 4194304 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div><br></div><div>Disk /dev/mapper/HostVG-Data: 1266 MB, 1266679808 bytes, 2473984 sectors</div>
<div>Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes</div><div>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div><div>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>[root@usbnode1 ~]# blockdev --report</div>
<div>RO RA SSZ BSZ StartSec Size Device</div><div>rw 1024 512 4096 0 160000000000 /dev/sda</div><div>rw 1024 512 512 2048 159998934528 /dev/sda1</div><div>rw 1024 512 1024 34 1031168 /dev/sda2</div>
<div>rw 256 512 4096 0 160000000000 /dev/dm-0</div><div>rw 256 512 512 0 159998934528 /dev/dm-1</div><div>rw 256 512 1024 0 1031168 /dev/dm-2</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 0 7803174912 /dev/sdb</div>
<div>rw 256 512 4096 2048 254803968 /dev/sdb1</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 499712 511705088 /dev/sdb2</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 1499136 512753664 /dev/sdb3</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 2500608 6522142720 /dev/sdb4</div>
<div>rw 256 512 4096 0 7803174912 /dev/dm-3</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 0 254803968 /dev/dm-4</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 0 511705088 /dev/dm-5</div><div>rw 256 512 1024 0 512753664 /dev/dm-6</div>
<div>rw 256 512 4096 0 6522142720 /dev/dm-7</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 0 1610612736 /dev/dm-8</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 0 3095396352 /dev/dm-9</div><div>rw 256 512 1024 0 8388608 /dev/dm-10</div>
<div>rw 256 512 4096 0 2147483648 /dev/dm-11</div><div>rw 256 512 4096 0 1266679808 /dev/dm-12</div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Sander Grendelman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sander@grendelman.com" target="_blank">sander@grendelman.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Nauman Abbas <<a href="mailto:nauman.abbas@seecs.edu.pk">nauman.abbas@seecs.edu.pk</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello all<br>
><br>
> I'm booting oVirt node from USB and want to use my hard drive for storing<br>
> VMs and stuff. When I have booted the node from USB I try to mount the hard<br>
> drive into a folder in the file-system but I am getting the following error.<br>
><br>
> mount: /dev/sda1 is already mounted or /mnt busy<br>
><br>
> Anyone who knows about this error?<br>
<br>
</div>Could it be that /dev/sda is your USB drive?<br>
What is the output of<br>
fdisk -l<br>
blockdev --report<br>
?<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><font color="#3d85c6">Nauman Abbas<br></font><div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><font>Assistant System Administrator</font><span style="font-size:small"> (LMS),</span></font></div>
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