On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 16:31 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote: > > > > I guess you want to mount the first partition of your disk. Try > > mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb > > > > > > Hi Herbet, > Thanks for the reply. I hoped it was going to be a "doh!" moment there. > > mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb > mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
Do you happen to have anything in your /dev directory for sda? > However, you're right to assume I'm a newbie, because I am :(/. I've > not been able to partition the external disk, but was thinking I had to > mount it first for even that. You want the partition to mount, not the actual disk. What you are seeing here is that your system does not see the partitions on /dev/sdb, and seeing as /dev/sdb1 ought to exist on the partitioned drive, it is either not partitioned, or not connected in a way that the OS sees it. The first thing to iron out is having it connected and powered up properly. You will know your successful when you cycle the power on and the SuSE hardware detection window pops up, click cancel, do not mount it if you wish to partition it. I have an USB enclosure for a 200G drive. I did the partitioning on this from the command line the first time I set it up using fdisk. Fdisk is a great tool if you know your way around partitioning, but most folks do not, so gui tools are usually preferable. YaST has a disk partitioning tool that is relatively easy to figure out, it's on the system tab, partitioner. If you use that tool read the warning that pops up, then accept it. It should have a listing of all the drives that are attached and recognized, and a USB drive is normally (to my knowledge) appears as /dev/sb(letter) as it appears above. Once invoked you ought to see a description along the lines of /dev/sd(letter) and a description of the hardware (e.g. Maxtor model#......). The first letter used is a, the second b, etc. The two options in the partitioner that that will be of use to you the most, are "Create", and "Edit". Have a look at the tool, and if you have questions, ask. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
