I just bought a USB device adn when I plug it in I can't see it.
Can anyone tell me how to mount it? I expected it to register like my memory stick.
I tried the Syste mTools > Disk Manager and Hardware Browser.
Thanks, Jim
dmesg | less
Find the device name in dmesg (assuming it was plugged in during boot)
mount -t (type) /dev/sda /media/externalhdd
Be sure to create the mount point as well.
Also yum install usbutils then run lsusb
who the hell knows why but its not installed by default, least it wasnt here
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Mail List wrote:
dmesg | less
Find the device name in dmesg (assuming it was plugged in during boot)
mount -t (type) /dev/sda /media/externalhdd
Be sure to create the mount point as well.
From: Res res@ausics.net Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:12:30 +1000 (EST)
Also yum install usbutils then run lsusb
who the hell knows why but its not installed by default, least it wasnt here
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Mail List wrote:
dmesg | less
Find the device name in dmesg (assuming it was plugged in during boot)
mount -t (type) /dev/sda /media/externalhdd
Be sure to create the mount point as well.
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.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to mount? Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. usb-storage: device found at 2 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning usb 2-2.3: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 input: Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch as /class/input/input0 input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2.3 input: Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch as /class/input/input1 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2.3 ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] ibm_acpi: ec object not found md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ... md: ... autorun DONE. device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com cdrom: open failed. cdrom: open failed. EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 usb-storage: device scan complete sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
From: "Jim Douglas" jdz99@hotmail.com Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:02:32 +0000
From: Res res@ausics.net Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:12:30 +1000 (EST)
Also yum install usbutils then run lsusb
who the hell knows why but its not installed by default, least it wasnt here
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Mail List wrote:
dmesg | less
Find the device name in dmesg (assuming it was plugged in during boot)
mount -t (type) /dev/sda /media/externalhdd
Be sure to create the mount point as well.
-- Cheers Res
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.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to mount? Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. usb-storage: device found at 2 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning usb 2-2.3: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 input: Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch as /class/input/input0 input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2.3 input: Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch as /class/input/input1 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2.3 ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] ibm_acpi: ec object not found md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ... md: ... autorun DONE. device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com cdrom: open failed. cdrom: open failed. EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 usb-storage: device scan complete sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
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I look in /dev and see sda, sdb, sdc, sdd
I did,
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
What now?
Jim
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 03:13 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
I look in /dev and see sda, sdb, sdc, sdd
I did,
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
The "disk" is /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. It's most likely that you're going to mount a partition on the disk. Try something like:
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
(Notice the number after sda.)
From: Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:30:52 +1030
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 03:13 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
I look in /dev and see sda, sdb, sdc, sdd
I did,
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
The "disk" is /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. It's most likely that you're going to mount a partition on the disk. Try something like:
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
(Notice the number after sda.)
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I tried, mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
And I get, mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
I looks like, mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
...is finding the device, but doesn't recognizing the media but I don't know why and don't know how to get it to.
Thanks, Jim
On Thu, 2006-30-03 at 19:39 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
From: Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:30:52 +1030
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 03:13 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
I look in /dev and see sda, sdb, sdc, sdd
I did,
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
The "disk" is /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. It's most likely that you're going to mount a partition on the disk. Try something like:
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
(Notice the number after sda.)
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I tried, mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
And I get, mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
I looks like, mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
...is finding the device, but doesn't recognizing the media but I don't know why and don't know how to get it to.
Hmmm, have you been unplugging the drive and trying again?
When I started trying to figure out what was wrong when I was having similar problems, I discovered that every time I unplugged the drive and plugged it in again, the device name would increment {Ex: /dev/sdg -> /dev/sdh ...}.
I was having the issues mounting my old FC3 drive with a USB2 adaptor. SELinux was causing some kind of problems, where some partitions would be partially mounted, where they would not show up using "mount" to display the mounted devices, but /media/disk-1 was mounted, and I could see the files using ls. Using "sudo umount /media/disk-1" unmounted the device. I disabled SELinux and things started to work, to the point where the partitions were attempting to be mounted by their labels. Unfortunately many of my labels had forward slash "/" characters and that was causing problems, so I relabelled the partitions. Even after relabelling two partitions would not mount until SELinux was disabled again, they contained "/home" and "/var/spool". After that everything worked as expected. For now I am disabling SELinux when hot-plugging USB and Firewire drives, rather than trying to figure out what needs to be adjusted.
From: Guy Fraser guy@incentre.net Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:11:43 -0600
On Thu, 2006-30-03 at 19:39 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
From: Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:30:52 +1030
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 03:13 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
I look in /dev and see sda, sdb, sdc, sdd
I did,
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
The "disk" is /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. It's most likely that you're going to mount a partition on the disk. Try something like:
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
(Notice the number after sda.)
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I tried, mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
And I get, mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
I looks like, mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/usbhd
...is finding the device, but doesn't recognizing the media but I don't
know
why and don't know how to get it to.
Hmmm, have you been unplugging the drive and trying again?
When I started trying to figure out what was wrong when I was having similar problems, I discovered that every time I unplugged the drive and plugged it in again, the device name would increment {Ex: /dev/sdg -> /dev/sdh ...}.
I was having the issues mounting my old FC3 drive with a USB2 adaptor. SELinux was causing some kind of problems, where some partitions would be partially mounted, where they would not show up using "mount" to display the mounted devices, but /media/disk-1 was mounted, and I could see the files using ls. Using "sudo umount /media/disk-1" unmounted the device. I disabled SELinux and things started to work, to the point where the partitions were attempting to be mounted by their labels. Unfortunately many of my labels had forward slash "/" characters and that was causing problems, so I relabelled the partitions. Even after relabelling two partitions would not mount until SELinux was disabled again, they contained "/home" and "/var/spool". After that everything worked as expected. For now I am disabling SELinux when hot-plugging USB and Firewire drives, rather than trying to figure out what needs to be adjusted.
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I have tried unplugging and plugging back in, then I check /etc/fstab Nothing there for the USB external HD, works fine with a flash drive.
Jim
Jim Douglas has been having trouble with his USB drive.
.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to mount? Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Erm -- this looks like it's a device to mount different sorts of media (CompactFlash, SD, etc.) Is it anything like this: http://www.mymediagear.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=59&products_id...
In which case, it probably has four slots for the different media types, and these show up as different devices in Linux. Which one you use would depend on what sort of media you were trying to read -- all I can suggest is trial and error.
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
Try for sdb, sdc and sdd. Try fdisk -l /dev/sdx in case the medium comes with a partition table.
Good luck!
James.
From: James Wilkinson fedora@westexe.demon.co.uk Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:31:58 +0100
Jim Douglas has been having trouble with his USB drive.
.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to
mount?
Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Erm -- this looks like it's a device to mount different sorts of media (CompactFlash, SD, etc.) Is it anything like this: http://www.mymediagear.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=59&products_id...
In which case, it probably has four slots for the different media types, and these show up as different devices in Linux. Which one you use would depend on what sort of media you were trying to read -- all I can suggest is trial and error.
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
Try for sdb, sdc and sdd. Try fdisk -l /dev/sdx in case the medium comes with a partition table.
Good luck!
James.
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It's an IOMEGA 60GB USB external Hard Drive.
I tried sdb, sdc and sdd and it says, mount: No medium found.
When I try fdisk -l /dev/sdx (I aslo tried sda, sdb, sdc, sdd)
nothing happens, no messages or anything.
The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue?
Jim
Jim Douglas has been having trouble with his USB drive.
.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to mount? Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
I said:
Erm -- this looks like it's a device to mount different sorts of media (CompactFlash, SD, etc.)
Jim replied:
It's an IOMEGA 60GB USB external Hard Drive.
I tried sdb, sdc and sdd and it says, mount: No medium found.
When I try fdisk -l /dev/sdx (I aslo tried sda, sdb, sdc, sdd)
nothing happens, no messages or anything.
OK: the messages don't tie up with what you say the drive is.
Is it possible that you have card readers built into your computer?
Can you reboot without the USB drive attached, and check that these messages disappear, and that you don't have any /dev/sd* nodes?
Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux is booted?
Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help with debugging)?
The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue?
Probably not.
Thanks,
James.
From: James Wilkinson fedora@westexe.demon.co.uk Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:26:34 +0100
Jim Douglas has been having trouble with his USB drive.
.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to
mount?
Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
I said:
Erm -- this looks like it's a device to mount different sorts of media (CompactFlash, SD, etc.)
Jim replied:
It's an IOMEGA 60GB USB external Hard Drive.
I tried sdb, sdc and sdd and it says, mount: No medium found.
When I try fdisk -l /dev/sdx (I aslo tried sda, sdb, sdc, sdd)
nothing happens, no messages or anything.
OK: the messages don't tie up with what you say the drive is.
Is it possible that you have card readers built into your computer?
Can you reboot without the USB drive attached, and check that these messages disappear, and that you don't have any /dev/sd* nodes?
Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux is booted?
Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help with debugging)?
The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue?
Probably not.
Thanks,
James.
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Is it possible that you have card readers built into your computer?
No
Can you reboot without the USB drive attached, and check that these messages disappear, and that you don't have any /dev/sd* nodes?
the /dev/sa* nodes are still there after disconnecting.
Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux is booted?
Nothing happens when I plug it in.
Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help with debugging)?
No problem on Windows I copied file to the drive.
On the Linux box I am definately plugged into USB 2.0. I have also tried it with an extrnal power supply.
Jim
On 3/31/06, Jim Douglas jdz99@hotmail.com wrote:
No problem on Windows I copied file to the drive.
First, boot into windows (I hope U have Win2000 or XP) Go into manage (Right click 'My Computer') -> manage -> disk management ->
check the of partitons numbers and their format (primary are 1-2-3-4. extended are 5-6-7- - - - - -)
Now in linux try # sfdisk -l << use this very very carefully, better read manpages beforehand >>
man says List Partitions The second type of invocation: sfdisk -l [options] device will list the partitions on this device. If the device argument is omitted, the par- titions on all hard disks are listed.
now try # mount -t vfat /dev/sdxn /media/mydearexternalhdd sdxn=select from output of sfdisk = sda1 most probably x=a/b/c/d , n=1/2/3/4/ partition U desire to mount
Windows wrote files on this hdd - so it cannot be ext3 (bcoz it never got mounted on linux) Good Luck -- Anil Kumar Shrama
From: "Anil Kumar Sharma" xplusaks@gmail.com Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:26:30 +0530
On 3/31/06, Jim Douglas jdz99@hotmail.com wrote:
No problem on Windows I copied file to the drive.
First, boot into windows (I hope U have Win2000 or XP) Go into manage (Right click 'My Computer') -> manage -> disk management ->
check the of partitons numbers and their format (primary are 1-2-3-4. extended are 5-6-7- - - - - -)
It doesn't show any partition numbers at all on windows.
Now in linux try # sfdisk -l << use this very very carefully, better read manpages beforehand >>
sfdisk -l /dev/sda says "No medium found"
The only difference between this and my memory stick is that the USB HD is FAT32. I was going to try reformatting to FAT with windows but the only option Windows gives me is NTFS .
Could the reason Linux is not recognizing this device be because it is FAT32?
Jim
On Fri, 2006-31-03 at 19:11 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
From: "Anil Kumar Sharma" xplusaks@gmail.com Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:26:30 +0530
On 3/31/06, Jim Douglas jdz99@hotmail.com wrote:
No problem on Windows I copied file to the drive.
First, boot into windows (I hope U have Win2000 or XP) Go into manage (Right click 'My Computer') -> manage -> disk management ->
check the of partitons numbers and their format (primary are 1-2-3-4. extended are 5-6-7- - - - - -)
It doesn't show any partition numbers at all on windows.
Now in linux try # sfdisk -l << use this very very carefully, better read manpages beforehand >>
sfdisk -l /dev/sda says "No medium found"
The only difference between this and my memory stick is that the USB HD is FAT32. I was going to try reformatting to FAT with windows but the only option Windows gives me is NTFS .
Could the reason Linux is not recognizing this device be because it is FAT32?
FAT32 is fine, but has a maximum size of 32GB, if you try to format a partition larger that 32GB windows will only allow it to be formatted as NTFS. I have a 2.5 inch 40GB USB2/Firewire pocket drive, I formated it with one partition as big as FAT32 could make and made a second partition with the rest of the space. I have all my music on the big partition and use the second partition as a data shuttle. I have been using it since FC1 and have used it on WinXP, Win98, Mac OS 9 and X, using USB, USB2 and Firewire whichever is faster and available.
Happy hunting.
On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 12:21, Guy Fraser wrote:
FAT32 is fine, but has a maximum size of 32GB, if you try to format a partition larger that 32GB windows will only allow it to be formatted as NTFS.
This is a windows format limit, not FAT32.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT32
If you have some other way to format you can go up to 120gigs (which is still just a scandisk limit).
Guy Fraser wrote:
FAT32 is fine, but has a maximum size of 32GB, if you try to format a partition larger that 32GB windows will only allow it to be formatted as NTFS. I have a 2.5 inch 40GB USB2/Firewire pocket drive, I formated it with one partition as big as FAT32 could make and made a second partition with the rest of the space. I have all my music on the big partition and use the second partition as a data shuttle. I have been using it since FC1 and have used it on WinXP, Win98, Mac OS 9 and X, using USB, USB2 and Firewire whichever is faster and available.
This is a Windows XP format limit, not a FAT32 limit. Linux has no problem with much larger FAT32 partitions. For that matter, nether does Windows 98. You should be able to format your 40GB drive as one FAT32 partition. You just can not use XP to do it. You can use Windows 98 to do it. Now, for large drives, the version of fdisk that came with 98 will run into problems, but there is an updated fdisk that will work. In any case, the stock version has no problems with a 40GB drive.
Mikkel
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 14:47 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
From: James Wilkinson fedora@westexe.demon.co.uk Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:26:34 +0100
Jim Douglas has been having trouble with his USB drive.
.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to
mount?
Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
I said:
Erm -- this looks like it's a device to mount different sorts of media (CompactFlash, SD, etc.)
That appears to be an "Insignia 7 in 4" 4-slot media card reader.
Jim replied:
It's an IOMEGA 60GB USB external Hard Drive.
I tried sdb, sdc and sdd and it says, mount: No medium found.
Right... No cards are inserted.
When I try fdisk -l /dev/sdx (I aslo tried sda, sdb, sdc, sdd)
nothing happens, no messages or anything.
OK: the messages don't tie up with what you say the drive is.
I have to agree with this statement. Those messages indicate a 4 slot card reader and your external hard drive should show up as sde.
Is it possible that you have card readers built into your computer?
Can you reboot without the USB drive attached, and check that these messages disappear, and that you don't have any /dev/sd* nodes?
Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux is booted?
Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help with debugging)?
The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue?
Probably not.
Thanks,
James.
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Is it possible that you have card readers built into your computer?
No
Then, I would guess, there is more to that box than what you know. It definitely seems to have a build in 4 slot card reader. That's exactly how my 4 slot reader comes up except the Vendor is "Generic" and the model is just "STORAGE DEVICE".
You don't mention what kind of computer this is. This wouldn't happen to be a Dell D300 or D400 would it?
You didn't list the times from your logs above. The time stamps on the "sda-sdd" messages... Do they correspond to when you plugged in the drive or to when you booted the system. I'm betting the later and not the former.
Can you reboot without the USB drive attached, and check that these messages disappear, and that you don't have any /dev/sd* nodes?
the /dev/sa* nodes are still there after disconnecting.
Which confirms, you still have that device.
Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux is booted?
Nothing happens when I plug it in.
Now, here is the problem. It's not being recognized at all and all you are seeing is the 4 slot card reader, where ever that is. You don't realize you've got that installed on that system somewhere but it's showing up on the USB bus. Look around for some little card slots.
IAC... Have you tried anything ELSE in that USB port on that system? A USB key, perhaps? Point is to make sure that USB port is working. It doesn't look like the drive is being seen at all.
Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help with debugging)?
No problem on Windows I copied file to the drive.
On the Linux box I am definately plugged into USB 2.0. I have also tried it with an extrnal power supply.
Try something else in that USB slot and try another USB slot.
You've made some assumptions that have created some confusion and you've got some things in that box you were not aware of. Boot the system from scratch without that drive plugged in. I'll bet you will find those sda-sdd drive messages still there and the devices will still be there. Plug the drive in while doing a "tail -f /var/log/messages". If you DON'T see any activity, then the system is not even seeing the plugin event (you'll see errors if it sees something get plugged in that it can not handle). Diagnose that USB connection.
Jim
Mike
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Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux is booted?
Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help with debugging)?
The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue?
Small world, I had the same issue today (not a FC system, but a Linux system so quite likely similar reasons). When I had a Maxtor 40 gig in the USB 2.0 enclosure my laptop with a bootable Linux CD could see that drive. But when I put in a Western Digital 40 gig drive it couldn't see that drive properly (some errors in dmesg waiting for drive to be ready, and some other such message). I know the drive is valid because I had viewed it under a Windows system (doing a forensic acquisition) and was using a Linux box to re-hash the drive for validation. I wonder if the problem might be with certain brand drives working properly with Linux while in a USB enclosure?
Jacques B.
From: "Jacques B." jjrboucher@gmail.com Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: mhw@wittsend.com,"For users of Fedora Core releases" fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:04:29 -0400
<snip> > > >Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux > > >is booted? > > > > > >Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help > > >with debugging)? > > > > > > > The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue? > > > Small world, I had the same issue today (not a FC system, but a Linux system so quite likely similar reasons). When I had a Maxtor 40 gig in the USB 2.0 enclosure my laptop with a bootable Linux CD could see that drive. But when I put in a Western Digital 40 gig drive it couldn't see that drive properly (some errors in dmesg waiting for drive to be ready, and some other such message). I know the drive is valid because I had viewed it under a Windows system (doing a forensic acquisition) and was using a Linux box to re-hash the drive for validation. I wonder if the problem might be with certain brand drives working properly with Linux while in a USB enclosure?
Jacques B.
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I thought it was the brand and returned an Accudata for an Iomega...didn't help.
Jim
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 21:55 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
From: James Wilkinson fedora@westexe.demon.co.uk Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:31:58 +0100
Jim Douglas has been having trouble with his USB drive.
.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to
mount?
Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Erm -- this looks like it's a device to mount different sorts of media (CompactFlash, SD, etc.) Is it anything like this: http://www.mymediagear.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=59&products_id...
In which case, it probably has four slots for the different media types, and these show up as different devices in Linux. Which one you use would depend on what sort of media you were trying to read -- all I can suggest is trial and error.
mkdir usbhd in /media
then,
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /media/usbhd
is says, mount:No medium found
Try for sdb, sdc and sdd. Try fdisk -l /dev/sdx in case the medium comes with a partition table.
Good luck!
James.
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It's an IOMEGA 60GB USB external Hard Drive.
I tried sdb, sdc and sdd and it says, mount: No medium found.
When I try fdisk -l /dev/sdx (I aslo tried sda, sdb, sdc, sdd)
nothing happens, no messages or anything.
The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue?
Jim
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 21:02 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
From: Res res@ausics.net Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:12:30 +1000 (EST)
Also yum install usbutils then run lsusb
who the hell knows why but its not installed by default, least it wasnt here
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Mail List wrote:
dmesg | less
Find the device name in dmesg (assuming it was plugged in during boot)
mount -t (type) /dev/sda /media/externalhdd
Be sure to create the mount point as well.
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.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to mount? Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
It doesn't. It did not complete the configuration and tries it repeatedly.
Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 usb-storage: device scan complete sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Does this drive enclosure have external power? I have one that gives me exactly the same symptoms on my laptop. A 2.5" drive in usb enclosure, and the laptop was unable to provide enough power via the usb port for it. (My desktop PC had no problems with it and does not need the external power.) When I attach an external power source to the enclosure the drive behaves and is configured properly first time.
From: Jeff Vian jvian10@charter.net Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:33:29 -0600
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 21:02 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
From: Res res@ausics.net Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:12:30 +1000 (EST)
Also yum install usbutils then run lsusb
who the hell knows why but its not installed by default, least it wasnt here
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Mail List wrote:
dmesg | less
Find the device name in dmesg (assuming it was plugged in during boot)
mount -t (type) /dev/sda /media/externalhdd
Be sure to create the mount point as well.
-- Cheers Res
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.....rebooting show this in the log file, not sure which device to
mount?
Whey does it have 4 when there's only 1 drive?
It doesn't. It did not complete the configuration and tries it repeatedly.
Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.02 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Vendor: IOI Model: MediaBay 7 in 4 Rev: 1.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 usb-storage: device scan complete sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Does this drive enclosure have external power? I have one that gives me exactly the same symptoms on my laptop. A 2.5" drive in usb enclosure, and the laptop was unable to provide enough power via the usb port for it. (My desktop PC had no problems with it and does not need the external power.) When I attach an external power source to the enclosure the drive behaves and is configured properly first time.
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It work on Windows, but yes it can work on external power but I have it switched to USB.
Unfortunately for me it didn't come with a power cord ,but I'll try and get one.
Jim
Jim Douglas wrote:
I just bought a USB device adn when I plug it in I can't see it.
Can anyone tell me how to mount it? I expected it to register like my memory stick.
I tried the Syste mTools > Disk Manager and Hardware Browser.
Thanks, Jim
Now I will jump in late.
Has this drive ever worked on Linux?
What does tail show for /var/log/messages when you plug the drive into the USB port.
# tail -f /var/log/messages
You should see something like. -------------- : Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: Vendor: WDC WD80 Model: 0BB-75CAA0 Rev: 0 0 Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte hdwr sectors (80000 MB) Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte hdwr sectors (80000 MB) Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: sda1 Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx scsi.agent[7272]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0
---- Now the next question is your HAL daemon running? service --status-all |grep hald ---
I ask this as my hald is stopped and I cannot automount my USB HD or stick.
From: Robin Laing Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Reply-To: Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca,For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: USB hard drive Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:10:20 -0700
Jim Douglas wrote:
I just bought a USB device adn when I plug it in I can't see it.
Can anyone tell me how to mount it? I expected it to register like my memory stick.
I tried the Syste mTools > Disk Manager and Hardware Browser.
Thanks, Jim
Now I will jump in late.
Has this drive ever worked on Linux?
No, it's a new Iomega USB external drive, I returned the Acdcudata because of the same problem.
What does tail show for /var/log/messages when you plug the drive into the USB port.
No entries whren I reboot, then plug it in.
# tail -f /var/log/messages
It's doesn't seem to be initializing, my USB memory stick is fine. I can't get the HD to work.
service --status-all |grep hald
hald is running
Thanks, Jim
You should see something like.
: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: Vendor: WDC WD80 Model: 0BB-75CAA0 Rev: 0 0 Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte hdwr sectors (80000 MB) Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte hdwr sectors (80000 MB) Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: sda1 Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx scsi.agent[7272]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0
Now the next question is your HAL daemon running? service --status-all |grep hald
I ask this as my hald is stopped and I cannot automount my USB HD or stick.
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On Fri, 2006-31-03 at 19:58 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte
hdwr
sectors (80000 MB) Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
through
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte
hdwr
sectors (80000 MB) Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
through
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: sda1 Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx scsi.agent[7272]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0
From what I see, this looks like an 80GB drive with a single partition :
/dev/sda1
Only "unix" partitions {EXT2,EXT3,XFS,...} that large can be mounted. FC5 can not mount NTFS and FAT32 has a maximum size of 32GB. You could make at least one 32GB FAT32 partition, and use the rest of the space for NTFS or make two more FAT32 partitions. The only thing of note, is FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB, so you can't store a complete DVD image without splitting it {see: man split, you can rejoin using : cat partfile1 partfile2 ... partfileN >fullfile}.
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