[PLUG] strange VOB mount problem in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

[wes]

while I have nothing helpful to contribute to your actual question, it may
help to clarify one point: as far as I can interpret, you are referring to
the portable USB drive (often termed a "thumb drive") as a VOB. I am
guessing the term you're looking for is "fob." I only point this out
because VOB is something else that could be relevant to this situation, and
if that's what you're really talking about, you should make that clearer.

-wes


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:27 PM, website reader
<website.reader3 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have 2 SANDISK USB memory sticks, one is an older 8 gig vob and the
> newer is a 32 gig vob.  Here's the problem.  When I stick the 32 gig
> vob into a USB port, Ubuntu quickly recognizes it and mounts it into
> the local file system and the "df" command shows it.  However when I
> plug in the older 8 gig drive, Ubuntu seems confused, then mounts an
> icon on the Gnome computer menu drop-down, but does not actually mount
> the drive into the filesystem.  I have to manually mount this drive.
>
> But I am puzzled as to why the icon appears because that meant that
> the OS saw something.  Both are NTFS file systems.  Trying to run
> GParted from the Gnome Desktop results in an endless "Scanning all
> devices..." message which never terminates.
>
> What could be wrong here?  I am assuming that something with the older
> USB stick is causing the problems.
>
> This problem seems to have recently appeared after Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
> upgrades.
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