On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Norm Matloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if there might be a kernel issue here? Any opinions?
I guess trying a live-cd running the same kernel as the mint distro would be the next step. Is the external drive vfat formatted? If you're in Gnome, I'd also check configuration editor -> system -> storage -> default_options -> vfat and see what it says under mount_options. After a recent kernel update I had to remove the option "usefree" to get my external usb drive to mount. -Carl > > > > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:29:06 -0800 > > From: Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] USB disk drive problem > > > > I assume you're talking a USB-based floppy drive? A quick google brought > > up this, which I'm not sure if you looked at yet: > > Not, it isn't a floppy. It's a 250G hard drive. > > It's a Western Digital SATA, placed in an enclosure that converts to USB. > > > > http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x498.html > > Thanks, but I'm afraid there is nothing here which is new to me. Been > there, tried that. > > > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:30:32 -0800 > > From: "Drew Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] USB disk drive problem > > > > A couple of years ago, I would sometimes find it helpful to see what > > > shows up in dmesg when the USB device is plugged in. > > Yes, I had him do extensive grep searches of the dmesg output (searching > for "usb", "Attached", "scsi emulation" etc.). It was the blind leading > the blind, though, as there's a lot in there that I don't understand. > > Certainly the OS noticed that the USB hard drive was plugged in. There > was an error message of -110, but I couldn't find any site that explains > what this error actually is. > > Norm > > > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
