Beatriz Botero wrote: > culprit: Western Digital Passport Essential 160 GB > > > I bought an usb disk. Passport Essential, 160 GB: > > Manufacture: Western Digital > Vendor ID: 13FD > Product ID: 160E (External Drive) > > When I try to mount it on my PC ( linux from scratch) it will not be > recognised: I cannot mount it It does not appear in the list > /dev/xxx:. On my laptop, with exactly the same LFS system, the > external disks are smootly recognised by the OS. > > The device came formated in fat32. I reformated it on the laptop with > the help of "Gparted" ( recommended by WD ). I created two NTFS > (ntfs-3g) partitions and another ext3 one. All of them worked smoothly > under Linux on the laptop. > > On the PC-box it did not work, no way. Both, PC and laptop have the > same LFS system taken from one Image. In Windows-Virtutal Box under > Linux as host it did also not work . > > These are my lsub and proc results: > > ------------- lsusb ------------------ > > Bus 2 Device 2: ID 046d:c50e Logitech, Inc. MX-1000 Cordless Mouse > Receiver > Bus 2 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 1 Device 7: ID 13fd:160e THIS ARE THE WESTER DIGITAL AND > PRODUCT ID > Bus 1 Device 5: ID 04b8:0122 Seiko Epson Corp. > Bus 1 Device 4: ID 0d49:7410 Maxtor > Bus 1 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 1 Device 2: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc > > --------------- cat /proc/bus/usb/devices -------------------------- > > T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=03 Dev#= 7 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=13fd ProdID=160e Rev= 1.00 > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA > I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none) > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Any help is will be highly appreciated ! > > Beatriz Check `dmesg` or syslog. If you are getting the recognition in lsusb and /proc I think it's registering. Now it's just a matter of mounting it. With no modification to any file, my external hard drive registers as sd[a-b] depending on whether I have my memory stick in use also. I've been too lazy to write a "persistent" udev rule.
Speaking of udev rules, check the udev rules on your PC and laptop. If that doesn't help you, you can write your own or modify the 25(I think)-lfs.rule to include your external drive. Now if your situation is just one of mounting the drive at boot time or when you plug it in, you will have to manually mount it unless it's in /etc/fstab. Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
