No luck yet, I'm afraid - Phil > Do you happen to have anything in your /dev directory for sda?
Yes, in /dev/disk, I have sda1, sda2, sda3, sda5, sda6, sda7 and sdb. > You will know your successful when you cycle the power on and > the SuSE hardware detection window pops up. Unfortunately, no hardware detection popped up. I got the following in /var/log/messages: Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: new device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=6600 Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2 Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: Product: USB 2.0 IDE DEVICE Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: Manufacturer: Super Top Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: SerialNumber: ?????????? Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb-storage: device found at 2 Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: Vendor: Hitachi Model: HTS541210H9AT00 Rev: 0 0 Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: SCSI device sdb: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB) Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: SCSI device sdb: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB) Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sdb:<6>sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10070000 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10070000 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10070000 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: unable to read partition table Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10070000 Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 195371392 Using yast partitioner, it detected /dev/evms/sdb. Trying to partition it gives me the following error: ERROR Failure occured during the followng action: Mouting /dev/evms/sdb to /mnt/usb System error code was: -3003 mount-t auto /dev/evms/sdb to /mnt/usb: mount: /dev/evms/sdb: can't read superblock. For this, I got the following in /var/log/messages: Jun 16 20:35:03 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10070000 Jun 16 20:35:03 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 Jun 16 20:35:03 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10070000 Jun 16 20:35:03 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 195371504 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
