On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Dave Linkston wrote: | I'm a newbie installing an external USB drive and I I can't access it. | | I have read mailing lists etc and have checked out all the locations for | files, etc and everything looks to be Ok, even the drive chipset is | listed as GL641, so the computer is talking to the drive but I can't | access it. | | When trying to mount I get /dev/sda? is not a block device | | I have checked the lsmode output and the drive is listed as sda, Does 'lsmode' list drives? Or do you mean 'lsmod' (which doesn't list drives)? Where is the drive listed as sda?
| How do I mount it | _______________________________________________ Examples: mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /mnt/disk or mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp When the drive is first seen by the usb-storage driver, there should be a message in the system log (as seen via 'dmesg' e.g.) about the drive designation and what partitions are on it, if any, such as (from memory, might be slightly off): sda: sda1 So what is in your system log regarding this USB storage device being seen by your system? What kernel version are you using? Posting (parts of, most of) your system log would probably enable someone to help you more. -- ~Randy ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
