USB HD (Ext4) does not auto-mount anymore

[Mateusz Marzantowicz]

On 07.09.2012 08:20, nomnex wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:52:14 +0800
>> Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> You said you pulled it out violently.  Have you tried a different
>> cable?  Different USB Port?
>>
>> The log entries don't seem to indicate that there is a problem
>> reading the drive but more of a communication problem with the drive. 
> The only thing I did not try was changing the short USB cord that
> connect the HD drive to the USB cord extension. Ed, that did it!!
>
> Thanks for the quick responses.
>

Now, that you have working USB drive, check it with fsck.ext4 to
see/repair any file system inconsistencies that might have occurred
during this "violent" unplug action. Some people might also recommend
doing image of valuable data partition (using dd) before running fsck.


Mateusz Marzantowicz