ftp server - unable to upload files

[jahboater]

I hav edone this at before

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sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda1

and someone here told me it's not OK

Who said that and why ?

This is the newer command, but its just the same in practice.

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sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

[david_1234]

this is what I'm getting

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pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.44.5 (15-Dec-2018)
/dev/sda1 contains a vfat file system labelled 'UBUNTU 16_0'
Proceed anyway? (y,N) y
/dev/sda1 is mounted; will not make a filesystem here!

[rpdom]

Unmount the filesystem and try again. It cannot be formatted if it is in use.

[david_1234]

OK
now it'w working and I can change the permission - thanks

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pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo chmod 777 -R /mnt/mydisk/ 
camera/     lost+found/ pi/         
pi@raspberrypi:~$ ls -ls /mnt/mydisk/camera/ 
total 4
4 drwxrwxrwx 2 pi pi 4096 Jun 24 13:20 ftp

I will start work on the ftp server and see if It's work as planed now

Thank you for the help!

[thagrol]

Setting aside all arguments about which file system is best try this:

1. Plug in your USB stick
2. Find the required information about it:
   1. Run

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      sudo blkid

   2. Make a note of the TYPE, UUID, and PARTUUID e.g.
      • TYPE="vfat"
      • UUID="123456"
      • PARTUUID="654321"
3. If TYPE="ntfs" run the following with while your Pi is able to access the internet:

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   sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ntfs-3g

4. If TYPE="exfat" run the following with while your Pi is able to access the internet:

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   sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y exfat-fuse exfat-utils

5. Decide where you want it to appear in your file tree (i.e. decide on a mount point)
6. Create the mount point:

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   mkdir -p /path/to/mount_point

   You may need to prefix that with sudo depending on where your chosen mount point is located.
7. Make a backup copy of /etc/fstab:

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   sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak

8. Open /etc/fstab in your preferred text editor. You will need to be root or use "sudo" to do this.
9. If you have a line from previous attempts to mount this device, remove it.
10. Refering to the information gathered above add a new line/entry for the device, use either PARTUUID or UUID:
    • For vfat filesystem:

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      PARTUUID=654321 /path/to/mount_point vfat defaults,nofail,noatime,umask=000 0 0

    • For exFAT filesystem:

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      PARTUUID=654321 /path/to/mount_point exfat defaults,nofail,noatime,umask=000 0 0

    • For other filesystems:

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      PARTUUID=654321 /path/to/mount_point TYPE defaults,nofail,noatime 0 0

      Where TYPE is the TYPE reported by blkid, above.
11. Save and close /etc/fstab
12. Reboot or run

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    sudo mount -a

Edit: seems the OP fixed their issue while I was writig this post. Gonna leave it here as it may be useful to others.

Edit #2: added notes on exFAT

[david_1234]

it's seem like a good guide for first time user!

great!