Thanks for all the advice! It seems that I have to plug it in, unplug it, plug it back in and wait for a good bit then linux will recognize it and mount it. Or maybe I should just wait a good bit after I plug it in the first time. :)
I have no idea why it takes so long for linux to mount it and that is where the delay comes in. My message log sees it and then around 2.5 to 3 minutes later messages appear in the log that suse has indeed mounted the drive to /media/usbhd. I leave that system on all the time so I will just have to remember to check it whenever I am forced to do a reboot until I can figure out why the delay occurs. Thanks again, Ian -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joachim Schrod Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [opensuse] Re: suse 10.0 and WD external harddrive 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 -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
