QNAP HDD Cannot Be Mounted Via USB to Ubuntu

[andrei.angelin]

I have read through forum after forum and I for the life of me cannot figure out why I cannot mount my QNAP HDD on my Ubuntu PC.

I have a RAID 0 set up currently as I only had two drives. Prior to upgrading to a better RAID I wanted to remove one RAID 0 to keep as a backup.

I am wanting to read the data off a intended back up drive which I removed, but plugging into a USB case and connecting to PC.

When I try and mount i get the following error:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc3 /media/external -o uid=1000,gid=1000,utf8,dmask=027,fmask=137

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc3,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error

In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so.

I am new to Linux. I just want to be able to see the data off my HDD via my PC without connecting to QNAP server.

Please help.

[schumaku]

a) you have to configure a RAID0 form boht HDDs /dev/sd[x,y]3
a.1) USB connections might not workable for this.
b) QNAP does make use of ext4 file system

[andrei.angelin]

I don't understand what you are trying to say.

Can you please explain?

I want to be able to view my HDD without plugging into QNAp. Seems the most logical way. But then ofcourse why in the world would such a logical thing be possible?

[andrei.angelin]

Just realised the typo, it is setup as raid 1.

[schumaku]

Then only #2 applies: It's still not vfat (fat32) file system ... it's ext4.

[andrei.angelin]

Ok.thanks.so how do I view the files on my pc?

[schumaku]

Check your mount command.

[andrei.angelin]

Check my mount command?

As noted before, I am new to Linux. I am on this forum asking these questions because I do not know what to do.

Can you please explain to me what you feel I should do in more detail?

Please, help me by not giving me short sentences. This is not helping. I have Noted this before. Explain what you mean.

Thanks

[andrei.angelin]

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[Don]

schumaku told you what the problem is

kuubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc3 /media/external -o uid=1000,gid=1000,utf8,dmask=027,fmask=137

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc3

mount command

[andrei.angelin]

I understood that when he said 'check your mount command'.

I am asking for help as I am not great in linux in getting the right comment.

Have you any suggestions in which fs type i need to specify for QNAP HDD?

[schumaku]

Then only #2 applies: It's still not vfat (fat32) file system ... it's ext4.