Hello forum,
my problem is the following: I switched from Linux Mint to Garuda Linux. I moved all my Steam games to an EXT4 hard drive, which I can no longer open.
I checked whether another EXT4 hard drive could be opened, and yes, it worked.
I couldn’t find anything about it on the internet either. My technical skills are quite limited, so I ask for a little understanding 
So, if anyone knows what could help, I’m looking forward to an answer.
- After rebooting, post the FULL output of
garuda-inxiin the body of the post (not linked externally, or collapsed with the “hide details” feature)
- Format terminal output (including your
garuda-inxi) as a code block by clicking the preformatted text button (</>) , or put three tildes (~) above and below the text
I hope I understood it right. I just copied the garuda-inxi and pasted it in the terminal. It gaves me those informations:
System:
Kernel: 6.8.7-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=48b594e4-a15c-4700-b4d2-66865b4ecfda rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.1.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550M PRO-VDH WIFI (MS-7C95) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 2.C0 date: 08/05/2022
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3691 high: 3700 min/max: 2200/4650 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3700 2: 3700
3: 3700 4: 3700 5: 3700 6: 3700 7: 3700 8: 3600 9: 3700 10: 3700 11: 3700
12: 3700 bogomips: 88793
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD107 [GeForce RTX 4060] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 550.76 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-04) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
ports: active: none off: DP-4,DP-5,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2882 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: EMEET HD Webcam C960 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 328f:006d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia d-rect: 6400x2520
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-4 pos: top-center res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-5 pos: bottom-l res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-1 pos: bottom-r res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: zink inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.76
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 driver: nvidia v: 550.76 device-ID: 10de:2882
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: EMEET HD Webcam C960 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 328f:006d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.8.7-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:12 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 742.03 GiB (11.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B4QFXO7 temp: 32.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 9300 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ03UBB200
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0
spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5438 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.29 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.29 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.29 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.29 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.2 C mobo: 26.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 3.17 GiB (10.1%)
Processes: 336 Power: uptime: 15m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1805 libs: 531 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-12-25
Last full system update: 2024-12-25
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
This shouldn’t really have anything to do with your problem, but:
It looks like you didn’t do a system update after the installation.
Terminal:
garuda-update
then reboot and post your garuda-inxi again.
What happens when you try to open it?
Hi there.
The output of lsblk -f might be of interest as well.
My respect! Sometimes this happens to me… I want to open the disk, but it doesn’t open with the output I don’t remember, some kind of inscription. I do it simpler…I open the KDE Partition Manager program. I find the disk that won’t open and click on Recovery in the context menu. A few seconds and the disk opens again. I wish you well!