On Monday 29 January 2007 11:15, Joachim Schrod wrote: > Ian Harrell wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am using Suse 10.0 and have an external USB Western Digital 300G > > harddrive. When I plug the USB cable in and have the drive turned on I > > get the following in /var/log/messages: > > > > Server kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and > > address 4 > > Server kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [Western Digital External > > HDD] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1 > > > > The problem is that I cannot figure out how to mount the drive nor access > > it. > > In a default 10.0 installation, the new disk appears as > /media/<SOMETHING>. Look at the content of /media before and after > plugging the disk in; does a new directory appear there? > > Joachim
If it doesn't, see what you get by mounting /dev/sda1 (or sda2 etc if you already have /dev/sda1 or more on the machine) as root, eg something like # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt I had difficulty with 10.0 and an external hard-drive. In my case it did indeed show up in /media as /media/usbdisk, but only with a fraction of its real capacity. In order to get the actual capacity I was obliged to do as above. Once that succeeded, AFAIR I made a new mountpoint for it under /, changed it to my usual user's ownership and write / read privileges. Boring in that you need to remember to mount / umount it, but actually not too much bother. Give it a try if the official routes don't work for you, Best Fergus > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Joachim Schrod Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Roedermark, Germany -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
