USB hard drive and CD-RW
Jason Warm
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Jun 28 09:19:02 2004
This is what I get when I run /sbin/lsmod:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
usbnet 16232 0 (unused)
usb-storage 70340 0 (unused)
vfat 13376 0 (autoclean)
fat 39420 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
appletalk 28100 12 (autoclean)
dmasound_pmac 76096 0 (autoclean)
dmasound_core 15488 0 (autoclean) [dmasound_pmac]
i2c-core 19968 0 (autoclean) [dmasound_pmac]
soundcore 6920 3 (autoclean) [dmasound_core]
autofs 13376 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ehci-hcd 22928 0 (unused)
ohci1394 31888 0 (unused)
ieee1394 67456 0 [ohci1394]
ds 9984 2
yenta_socket 14640 2
pcmcia_core 57328 0 [ds yenta_socket]
iptable_filter 2544 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables 17328 1 [iptable_filter]
As for what is in /dev, I have hda1-hdt9 displayed and sda1-sdz9. Yes and
when I try switching to sda1 it tells me that it is not a block device.
When i list all, the only thing that shows is hda1 and my cdrom.
Jason
<quote who="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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