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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Externel drive should be /dev/sda1, but /dev/sda1 does not exist
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:02:07
Message-Id: 201001011612.57906.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Externel drive should be /dev/sda1, but /dev/sda1 does not exist by Michael Sullivan
1 On Friday 01 January 2010 15:48:52 Michael Sullivan wrote:
2 > Hello
3 >
4 > My wife's computer is pretty slow, so I've attached and old hard drive
5 > into a hard drive enclosure and hooked it into her USB port for
6 > additional swap space. It used to work. The swap space is supposed to
7 > be /dev/sda1. The problem is that for some reason when I rebooted this
8 > morning with a new kernel, /dev/sda does not exist anymore. I'm at a
9 > lost as to what to do now. Here's dmesg, or at least the parts
10 > portaining to usb devices:
11
12 does it make a difference if you disable CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND, which can be done
13 by reloading the module "usbcore" with the option "autosuspend=-1" ?
14
15
16 >
17 > catherine dev # dmesg | grep usb
18 > usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
19 > usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
20 > usbcore: registered new device driver usb
21 > usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
22 > usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
23 > usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
24 > usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
25 > usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
26 > usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
27 > usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
28 > usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
29 > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
30 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
31 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
32 > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
33 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
34 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62
35 > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
36 > usb 3-2: device not accepting address 4, error -62
37 > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
38 > usb 3-2: device not accepting address 5, error -62
39 >
40 > and here is lsmod:
41 >
42 > catherine dev # lsmod
43 > Module Size Used by
44 > nfsd 212004 9
45 > xt_DSCP 2676 17
46 > xt_multiport 2512 4
47 > xt_tcpudp 2528 55
48 > iptable_nat 4308 1
49 > nf_nat 16104 1 iptable_nat
50 > xt_limit 2036 27
51 > nf_conntrack_ipv4 11692 18 iptable_nat,nf_nat
52 > nf_defrag_ipv4 1668 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
53 > xt_state 1780 15
54 > nf_conntrack 60044 4
55 > iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
56 > ipt_LOG 4896 27
57 > iptable_mangle 2268 1
58 > xt_string 1764 0
59 > ipt_ULOG 5784 0
60 > iptable_filter 2260 1
61 > ip_tables 10264 3
62 > iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
63 > x_tables 14684 10
64 > xt_DSCP,xt_multiport,xt_tcpudp,iptable_nat,xt_limit,xt_state,ipt_LOG,xt_str
65 > ing,ipt_ULOG,ip_tables ipv6 216088 20
66 > snd_pcm_oss 30740 0
67 > snd_mixer_oss 13456 2 snd_pcm_oss
68 > snd_seq_oss 23496 0
69 > snd_seq_midi_event 6312 1 snd_seq_oss
70 > snd_seq 42988 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
71 > snd_seq_device 6352 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
72 > lp 8184 0
73 > snd_intel8x0 26864 1
74 > snd_ac97_codec 93624 1 snd_intel8x0
75 > ac97_bus 1456 1 snd_ac97_codec
76 > snd_pcm 60476 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
77 > sis900 17960 0
78 > ppdev 5752 0
79 > mii 4736 1 sis900
80 > shpchp 27540 0
81 > pcspkr 2204 0
82 > processor 35088 0
83 > pci_hotplug 24584 1 shpchp
84 > snd_timer 18172 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
85 > sis_agp 6640 1
86 > agpgart 31260 1 sis_agp
87 > snd 51020 9
88 > snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,s
89 > nd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 8168 2
90 > snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
91 > button 5192 0
92 > rtc_cmos 9432 0
93 > floppy 47372 0
94 > fan 4084 0
95 > rtc_core 15912 1 rtc_cmos
96 > rtc_lib 2620 1 rtc_core
97 > thermal 12828 0
98 > parport_pc 32580 1
99 > thermal_sys 12432 3 processor,fan,thermal
100 > tg3 95332 0
101 > libphy 21256 1 tg3
102 > e1000 103876 0
103 > fuse 52728 0
104 > xfs 428276 0
105 > exportfs 3764 2 nfsd,xfs
106 > nfs 228192 1
107 > auth_rpcgss 33564 2 nfsd,nfs
108 > nfs_acl 2612 2 nfsd,nfs
109 > lockd 59124 2 nfsd,nfs
110 > sunrpc 169108 15 nfsd,nfs,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,lockd
111 > jfs 151124 0
112 > raid10 19696 0
113 > dm_bbr 9656 0
114 > dm_snapshot 22180 0
115 > dm_crypt 11148 0
116 > dm_mirror 13076 0
117 > dm_region_hash 10704 1 dm_mirror
118 > dm_log 8680 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
119 > dm_mod 57896 5
120 > dm_bbr,dm_snapshot,dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log
121 > scsi_wait_scan 1056 0
122 > sbp2 19648 0
123 > ohci1394 26352 0
124 > ieee1394 75548 2 sbp2,ohci1394
125 > sl811_hcd 9408 0
126 > usbhid 31684 0
127 > ohci_hcd 21528 0
128 > ssb 38308 1 ohci_hcd
129 > uhci_hcd 19248 0
130 > usb_storage 49012 0
131 > ehci_hcd 30756 0
132 > usbcore 125412 7
133 > sl811_hcd,usbhid,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd
134 > aic94xx 63056 0
135 > libsas 40312 1 aic94xx
136 > lpfc 335680 0
137 > qla2xxx 198228 0
138 > megaraid_sas 28672 0
139 > megaraid_mbox 27444 0
140 > megaraid_mm 8140 1 megaraid_mbox
141 > megaraid 37876 0
142 > aacraid 61408 0
143 > sx8 13232 0
144 > DAC960 61252 0
145 > cciss 83956 0
146 > 3w_9xxx 28080 0
147 > 3w_xxxx 21528 0
148 > mptsas 44696 0
149 > scsi_transport_sas 25004 3 aic94xx,libsas,mptsas
150 > mptfc 14444 0
151 > scsi_transport_fc 39252 3 lpfc,qla2xxx,mptfc
152 > scsi_tgt 10984 1 scsi_transport_fc
153 > mptspi 15484 0
154 > mptscsih 28516 3 mptsas,mptfc,mptspi
155 > mptbase 78172 4 mptsas,mptfc,mptspi,mptscsih
156 > atp870u 25132 0
157 > dc395x 29184 0
158 > qla1280 20272 0
159 > imm 8980 0
160 > parport 31484 4 lp,ppdev,parport_pc,imm
161 > dmx3191d 9472 0
162 > sym53c8xx 65888 0
163 > qlogicfas408 6292 0
164 > gdth 76584 0
165 > advansys 52732 0
166 > initio 15264 0
167 > BusLogic 20632 0
168 > arcmsr 19832 0
169 > aic7xxx 104240 0
170 > aic79xx 109548 0
171 > scsi_transport_spi 20276 5
172 > mptspi,dmx3191d,sym53c8xx,aic7xxx,aic79xx
173 > sg 25136 0
174 > pdc_adma 6208 0
175 > sata_inic162x 8328 0
176 > sata_mv 24500 0
177 > ata_piix 22152 0
178 > ahci 32120 0
179 > sata_qstor 6324 0
180 > sata_vsc 5036 0
181 > sata_uli 3824 0
182 > sata_sis 4840 0
183 > sata_sx4 9144 0
184 > sata_nv 20180 0
185 > sata_via 8304 0
186 > sata_svw 4856 0
187 > sata_sil24 11980 0
188 > sata_sil 8344 0
189 > sata_promise 9908 0
190 > pata_pcmcia 10796 0
191 > pcmcia 31232 2 ssb,pata_pcmcia
192 > pcmcia_core 32096 2 ssb,pcmcia
193 >
194 > I don't know if I just don't have the right drivers loaded or installed
195 > or what, but this is a problem. My mother-in-law is coming today and
196 > she's the type of person who will be scared off if something doesn't
197 > work right. We don't want her scared off. She's a Windows user, so
198 > this is kind of a big deal for us. Thank you for your help. Please let
199 > me know if there's any other information you need in order to help me...
200 > -Michael Sullivan-
201 >
202
203 --
204 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Externel drive should be /dev/sda1, but /dev/sda1 does not exist Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com>