Why does files persist on mount points even after switching usb drives?
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I am using a Raspberry PI as MiniDLNA server and a usb drive to store content instead of storing it locally on sd card.
So I added the usb drive in fstab to get it automatically mount on startup and made a symlink to the same in the home directory.
Symlink
So, my old usb drive was very slow, so I removed the old one and swapped it with a relatively new formatted drive and to my surprise, all files that were present in the old drive were still visible on the new drive.
usb1 -> /mnt/usb1
Both drives uses FAT32 as file system and have 8GB of space, mounted at the same mount point /mnt/usb1 and originally available at /dev/sda1
How is that even possible if I swapped the old drive with another formatted and empty drive ?
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asked Apr 29 at 7:17
Jatin Dhankhar
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I am using a Raspberry PI as MiniDLNA server and a usb drive to store content instead of storing it locally on sd card.
So I added the usb drive in fstab to get it automatically mount on startup and made a symlink to the same in the home directory.
Symlink
So, my old usb drive was very slow, so I removed the old one and swapped it with a relatively new formatted drive and to my surprise, all files that were present in the old drive were still visible on the new drive.
usb1 -> /mnt/usb1
Both drives uses FAT32 as file system and have 8GB of space, mounted at the same mount point /mnt/usb1 and originally available at /dev/sda1
How is that even possible if I swapped the old drive with another formatted and empty drive ?
linux mount
asked Apr 29 at 7:17
Jatin Dhankhar
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Do the files go away if you umount the drive?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 7:38
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams Yes
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:10
Then the files aren't on the drive.
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 12:11
Hmm, strange. It means they are on the sd card. But shouldn't it work. I am mounting the usb drive under a mount point and soft linking it to a the mount point. Dmesg doesn't show any error about the usb drive not getting mounted.
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:13
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I am using a Raspberry PI as MiniDLNA server and a usb drive to store content instead of storing it locally on sd card.
So I added the usb drive in fstab to get it automatically mount on startup and made a symlink to the same in the home directory.
Symlink
So, my old usb drive was very slow, so I removed the old one and swapped it with a relatively new formatted drive and to my surprise, all files that were present in the old drive were still visible on the new drive.
usb1 -> /mnt/usb1
Both drives uses FAT32 as file system and have 8GB of space, mounted at the same mount point /mnt/usb1 and originally available at /dev/sda1
How is that even possible if I swapped the old drive with another formatted and empty drive ?
linux mount
asked Apr 29 at 7:17
Jatin Dhankhar
1
I am using a Raspberry PI as MiniDLNA server and a usb drive to store content instead of storing it locally on sd card.
So I added the usb drive in fstab to get it automatically mount on startup and made a symlink to the same in the home directory.
Symlink
So, my old usb drive was very slow, so I removed the old one and swapped it with a relatively new formatted drive and to my surprise, all files that were present in the old drive were still visible on the new drive.
usb1 -> /mnt/usb1
Both drives uses FAT32 as file system and have 8GB of space, mounted at the same mount point /mnt/usb1 and originally available at /dev/sda1
How is that even possible if I swapped the old drive with another formatted and empty drive ?
linux mount
asked Apr 29 at 7:17
Jatin Dhankhar
1
asked Apr 29 at 7:17
Jatin Dhankhar
1
asked Apr 29 at 7:17
Jatin Dhankhar
1
asked Apr 29 at 7:17
Jatin Dhankhar
1
1
Do the files go away if you umount the drive?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 7:38
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams Yes
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:10
Then the files aren't on the drive.
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 12:11
Hmm, strange. It means they are on the sd card. But shouldn't it work. I am mounting the usb drive under a mount point and soft linking it to a the mount point. Dmesg doesn't show any error about the usb drive not getting mounted.
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:13
add a comment |Â
Do the files go away if you umount the drive?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 7:38
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams Yes
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:10
Then the files aren't on the drive.
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 12:11
Hmm, strange. It means they are on the sd card. But shouldn't it work. I am mounting the usb drive under a mount point and soft linking it to a the mount point. Dmesg doesn't show any error about the usb drive not getting mounted.
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:13
Do the files go away if you umount the drive?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 7:38
Do the files go away if you umount the drive?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 7:38
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams Yes
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:10
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams Yes
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:10
Then the files aren't on the drive.
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 12:11
Then the files aren't on the drive.
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 12:11
Hmm, strange. It means they are on the sd card. But shouldn't it work. I am mounting the usb drive under a mount point and soft linking it to a the mount point. Dmesg doesn't show any error about the usb drive not getting mounted.
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:13
Hmm, strange. It means they are on the sd card. But shouldn't it work. I am mounting the usb drive under a mount point and soft linking it to a the mount point. Dmesg doesn't show any error about the usb drive not getting mounted.
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:13
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Do the files go away if you umount the drive?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 7:38
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams Yes
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:10
Then the files aren't on the drive.
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Apr 29 at 12:11
Hmm, strange. It means they are on the sd card. But shouldn't it work. I am mounting the usb drive under a mount point and soft linking it to a the mount point. Dmesg doesn't show any error about the usb drive not getting mounted.
– Jatin Dhankhar
Apr 29 at 12:13