Answers.Body: <p>It looks like the image you downloaded is missing the partition with the label <code>rostlab-data</code>. Your <code>blkid</code> output shows that you have the <code>local-storage</code> partition, but not the <code>rostlab-data</code> which is automatically added to your <code>/etc/fstab</code>. </p>
  
  <p>I am afraid you'll have to contact the developers and let them know. Sounds like a bug.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am trying to install Rostlab's PredictProtein in a Virtual Machine as detailed here <a href="https://rostlab.org/owiki/index.php/How_to_Run_The_PredictProtein_Machine_Image_with_VirtualBox" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://rostlab.org/owiki/index.php/How_to_Run_The_PredictProtein_Machine_Image_with_VirtualBox</a>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <ol>
    <li><a href="http://rostlab.org/services/ppmi/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Download PredictProtein Machine Image</a> to your local drive. You will need the <a href="http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/tools/bio-linux/bio-linux-6.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bio-Linux</a>-based 'VMWARE/VMDK' format version.  
    
    <ul>
    <li>Choose the Debian-based version in case you do not need a graphical
    user interface. This image is only half the size of the
    Bio-Linux-based image.</li>
    </ul></li>
    <li>Download a <a href="http://rostlab.org/services/ppmi/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">database image</a> to your local drive. We recommend the 'raw' format version.</li>
    <li>Create New Virtual Machine: Machine -> New</li>
    <li>Name your virtual machine as 'PredictProtein'</li>
    <li>Choose Linux and Debian as operation system</li>
    <li>Locate and select the VMware .vmdk file as your boot disk</li>
    <li>Give at least 2GB of RAM to your virtual machine</li>
    <li>Click 'Finish'</li>
    <li>Boot your new virtual machine.</li>
    <li>If the message "The disk drive for /mnt/local-storage is not ready yet or not present" appears, press 's'.</li>
    </ol>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The problem comes at this step:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <ol start="11">
    <li><p>Open a terminal and enter:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -m 0 -L local-storage /dev/sdb
  sudo mount -a
  sudo mkdir /mnt/local-storage/rostlab-data &amp;&amp; cd /mnt/local-storage/rostlab-data
  sudo mount -a
  sudo mount /mnt/rostlab-data
  sudo tar -xvJf /mnt/rostlab-data/rostlab-data.txz
  sudo umount /mnt/rostlab-data &amp;&amp; cd
  </code></pre></li>
    </ol>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>When I run <code>sudo mount /mnt/rostlab-data</code>, I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mount: special device LABEL=rostlab-data does not exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How should I proceed? </p>
  
  <p>Additional notes - </p>
  
  <p>The output for </p>
  
  <pre><code>cat /etc/fstab
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>is</p>
  
  <pre><code># /etc/fstab: static file system information.
  #
  # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
  # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
  # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
  #
  # &lt;file system&gt; &lt;mount point&gt;   &lt;type&gt;  &lt;options&gt;       &lt;dump&gt;  &lt;pass&gt;
  proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0   0
  # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
  UUID=9a9418ff-48f9-421a-b25a-82161839351d / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
  # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
  UUID=a96757f4-8cc7-410f-95ee-b5ae642eb9ed none swap sw  0       0
  
  LABEL=local-storage /mnt/local-storage auto defaults,nofail 0   2
  LABEL=rostlab-data /mnt/rostlab-data auto defaults,noauto,ro 0  0
  
  /mnt/local-storage/rostlab-data /usr/share/rostlab-data none bind,nofail 0 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The output for </p>
  
  <pre><code>blkid 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>is</p>
  
  <pre><code>/dev/ramzswap0: TYPE="swap"
  /dev/sda1: UUID="9a9418ff-48f9-421a-b25a-82161839351d" TYPE="ext4"
  /dev/sda5: UUID="a96757f4-8cc7-410f-95ee-b5ae642eb9ed" TYPE="swap"
  /dev/sdb: LABEL="local-storage" UUID="df841028-8dd1-4cd2-b1bb-6ae1f6887510" TYPE="ext4"
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.Text: Sounds like they've misconfigured the image. Please [edit] your question and post the output of running `cat /etc/fstab` and `blkid` from the virtual machine.
Comments.UserDisplayName: terdon
Tags: <proteins><software-installation><linux>
Title: Installing Rostlab's PredictProtein
ThreadText: # Installing Rostlab's PredictProtein
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-06)
  
  I am trying to install Rostlab's PredictProtein in a Virtual Machine as detailed here <https://rostlab.org/owiki/index.php/How_to_Run_The_PredictProtein_Machine_Image_with_VirtualBox>:
  
  > 1. [Download PredictProtein Machine Image](http://rostlab.org/services/ppmi/) to your local drive. You will need the [Bio-Linux](http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/tools/bio-linux/bio-linux-6.0)-based 'VMWARE/VMDK' format version.
  >    * Choose the Debian-based version in case you do not need a graphical
  >      user interface. This image is only half the size of the
  >      Bio-Linux-based image.
  > 2. Download a [database image](http://rostlab.org/services/ppmi/) to your local drive. We recommend the 'raw' format version.
  > 3. Create New Virtual Machine: Machine -> New
  > 4. Name your virtual machine as 'PredictProtein'
  > 5. Choose Linux and Debian as operation system
  > 6. Locate and select the VMware .vmdk file as your boot disk
  > 7. Give at least 2GB of RAM to your virtual machine
  > 8. Click 'Finish'
  > 9. Boot your new virtual machine.
  > 10. If the message "The disk drive for /mnt/local-storage is not ready yet or not present" appears, press 's'.
  
  The problem comes at this step:
  
  > 11. Open a terminal and enter:
  >
  >     ```
  >     sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -m 0 -L local-storage /dev/sdb
  >     sudo mount -a
  >     sudo mkdir /mnt/local-storage/rostlab-data && cd /mnt/local-storage/rostlab-data
  >     sudo mount -a
  >     sudo mount /mnt/rostlab-data
  >     sudo tar -xvJf /mnt/rostlab-data/rostlab-data.txz
  >     sudo umount /mnt/rostlab-data && cd
  >
  >     ```
  
  When I run `sudo mount /mnt/rostlab-data`, I get:
  
  ```
  mount: special device LABEL=rostlab-data does not exist
  
  ```
  
  How should I proceed?
  
  Additional notes -
  
  The output for
  
  ```
  cat /etc/fstab
  
  ```
  
  is
  
  ```
  # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
  #
  # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
  # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
  # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
  #
  # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
  proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0   0
  # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
  UUID=9a9418ff-48f9-421a-b25a-82161839351d / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
  # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
  UUID=a96757f4-8cc7-410f-95ee-b5ae642eb9ed none swap sw  0       0
  
  LABEL=local-storage /mnt/local-storage auto defaults,nofail 0   2
  LABEL=rostlab-data /mnt/rostlab-data auto defaults,noauto,ro 0  0
  
  /mnt/local-storage/rostlab-data /usr/share/rostlab-data none bind,nofail 0 0
  
  ```
  
  The output for
  
  ```
  blkid 
  
  ```
  
  is
  
  ```
  /dev/ramzswap0: TYPE="swap"
  /dev/sda1: UUID="9a9418ff-48f9-421a-b25a-82161839351d" TYPE="ext4"
  /dev/sda5: UUID="a96757f4-8cc7-410f-95ee-b5ae642eb9ed" TYPE="swap"
  /dev/sdb: LABEL="local-storage" UUID="df841028-8dd1-4cd2-b1bb-6ae1f6887510" TYPE="ext4"
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** proteins, software-installation, linux
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Sounds like they've misconfigured the image. Please [edit] your question and post the output of running `cat /etc/fstab` and `blkid` from the virtual machine.  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-03-06. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  It looks like the image you downloaded is missing the partition with the label `rostlab-data`. Your `blkid` output shows that you have the `local-storage` partition, but not the `rostlab-data` which is automatically added to your `/etc/fstab`.
  
  I am afraid you'll have to contact the developers and let them know. Sounds like a bug.
  
  
  ---
  
  