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winchendonsprings
Asked: 2011-05-06 11:19:08 +0800 CST

Where can I find the log files for mounting disks?

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I understand if I boot from a live cd I can see all the system logs under System > Administration > File Log Viewer

I have a major error with a disk not mounting and I want to trace i tback to the last time it did work and what may have corrupted the ext4 filesystem on it.

So within the File Log Viewer Where do I start examining?

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  1. Best Answer

    I'd guess /var/log/dmesg

    You can find all logs that mention mounting or ext4 like this:

    grep -e mount -e ext4 -lR /var/log 2> /dev/null

    dmesg seemed to be the most relevant to me. And there are archived versions (dmesg.*).

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  2. You can find aditional information in syslog

    grep 'Mounted' /var/log/syslog*

    or find mounted and unmounted logs

    grep 'Mounted\|Unmounted' /var/log/syslog*
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