nisp1953 via Dng said on Sat, 1 Jun 2024 10:33:01 -0600

>Devuan Daedalus 5.0 on AMD 64
>Xfce desktop
>
>Hi All:
>
> I accidentally disconnected my Ext2 USB HDD. I need to run fsck on
>it. Howeverwhne I I plug iit in , Thunar mounts it. If I unmount it,
>then the /de/sdb4 disappears.
>
>How do you fsck a corrupted external HDD? Is there a way to turn off
>automount?

Don't run Thunar, or stop it if it's already running?


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