James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes:
> I use ivman with usb sticks and move them between windoze
> and linux systems without issue. I just got a FreeAgent
> usb 2.0 external disk drive and expected it to work
> just like a usb stick (not really sure why I had this expectation).
> It does not show up with a 'df' command, like a usbstick
> would under /media. I'm not sure why it does not behave like
> a generic usb stick?
Well I hate to be the only one answering my posts....
I think I found the problem. Linux does not think a (v)FAT
file system is on the drive. From dmesg I get this:
Late last I night I got this response to a manual attempt to
mount the drive:
mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt/usbdrive
# dmesg | tail
sdb: Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb.
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb.
Today when I try and manually mount the drive I get this:
hda-intel: Invalid position buffer, using LPIB read method instead.
sd 4:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready
Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, initializing command required
end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
FAT: unable to read boot sector
I think I just need to format the drive with a fat partition.
This is the first USBdrive I've set up so I'm being
cautious. Am I missing anything else?
James
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