submitted 2 years ago by Paddy66@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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I'm running Mint, and have an external USB drive plugged in. It is not powered - it gets its power from the mini-PC.

Occasionally I get this message and I've no idea why. It might be after rebooting the machine but I'm not sure (sorry).

The only thing I did with the drive is rename it (to "1tbDrive"). Could that be the problem? (I did that in the Disks application).

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[-] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I get this occasionally. If the directory the drive gets mounted to already exists, it can’t mount it.

Usually this happens if the drive bugs out and improperly dismounts.

Rebooting should get rid of the directory.

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