On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:11 +1000, Simon Wong wrote: > On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 13:00 +1000, david wrote: > > I bought this gadget thinking that I could test HD's conveniently > > without having to install them internally. Unfortunately it's not > > automounting, so now I'm not sure what to do. > > I usually end up looking in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog and see > what device has been assigned to the USB mass storage device > eg /dev/sda. Then mount that manually with > > sudo mount /dev/sda /mnt/sda > > You'll have to make a directory as the mount point or use an empty > directory that already exists. > > You may need to specify the partition. Get a list with > > sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda > > I wish I knew a better way to obtain the assigned device...let me know > if you find out... >
Not much luck... i did the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ls /dev/sda ls: /dev/sda: No such file or directory <--bridge plugged in after this [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ tail /var/log/messages <snip> May 18 17:45:18 localhost kernel: [7495693.007000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 58 May 18 17:45:19 localhost kernel: [7495693.112000] scsi18 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices May 18 17:45:19 localhost usb.agent[23936]: usb-storage: already loaded [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ sudo fdisk /dev/sda Unable to read /dev/sda [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
