USB hard drive and CD-RW

[David Hacker]

Try using lsmod to see what modules are loaded.  If the usb-storage  
dirver is already loaded then it should be recognized.  Also, take a  
look in your /dev directory and see if there are any other hd? or sd?  
files besides the hda for your internal hard drive.  Did you try  
looking at the partition maps with pdisk?

David C. Hacker, DVM
On Jun 28, 2004, at 9:56 AM, Jason Warm wrote:

> When I type "/sbin/modprobe usb-storage" and hit enter, nothing  
> happens (I
> am doing this as root).  I get no error message or response of any  
> kind.
> I just get a new command line.  When I did "/sbin/modprobe -l" and got  
> the
> full list,
> "/lib/modules/2.4.22-2g/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o" was
> listed.
>
> Jason
>
> <quote who="David Hacker">
>> If you don't see any reference to the drive  being recognized then you
>> will have to load the USB mass storage module.  Try modprobe
>> usb-storage from a root terminal and see if it is recognized then?
>>
>> David C. Hacker, DVM
>> On Jun 28, 2004, at 9:21 AM, Jason Warm wrote:
>>
>>> Well this is turning into a stumper....I have reviewed all those log
>>> files, and I can not see a reference to any hard drive other the
>>> /dev/hda1
>>> (my main drive).  I know the drive works as I can see the partition
>>> when I
>>> attach it to a Windoze box.  Does 2.4.22-g have the ability to see a
>>> USB
>>> 2.0 hard drive?
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>> <quote who="David Hacker">
>>>> It is in the message I just sent.
>>>> /var/log/messages is the file that contains all of the boot messages
>>>> and other output from the system.  You can open it in emacs or pico
>>>> from a console just type emacs /var/log/messages
>>>> You can also find the most recent information in /var/log/dmesg.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David C. Hacker, DVM
>>>> On Jun 27, 2004, at 8:36 PM, Jason Warm wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In which exact log would I be able to find the device name?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason
>>>>> David Hacker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You need to see what device they are assigned to first.  Hard  
>>>>>> drives
>>>>>> are usually /dev/hd? if they are ata and scsi hard drives, USB and
>>>>>> firewire hard drives are usually /dev/sd?.  You can look at
>>>>>> /var/log/messages to see the boot text and get the device from  
>>>>>> there
>>>>>> or you can use pdisk from a terminal and print out all partiton  
>>>>>> maps
>>>>>> and find out from there.  Once you find out what device and
>>>>>> partition
>>>>>> number was assigned to the disk you want to mount you need to  
>>>>>> decide
>>>>>> where you want to mount it.  Usually they are mounted in /mnt.   
>>>>>> You
>>>>>> can open a terminal and su to become root, then cd /mnt and mkdir
>>>>>> usb
>>>>>> or mkdir macos or mkdir ??? for whatever you want the mount point  
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> be.  Then from the command line just type mount /dev/hd? /mnt/usb
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> instance.  Once you are able to mount and access the disk you can
>>>>>> add
>>>>>> it to your fstab file then you just have to type mount /mnt/usb or
>>>>>> whatever your mount point is.
>>>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> David C. Hacker, DVM
>>>>>> On Jun 27, 2004, at 6:48 PM, Jason Warm wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could someone please give me some brief instructions on mounting
>>>>>>> USB
>>>>>>> hard drive and CD-RW.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> jwarm@miasys.com
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