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On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 23:43 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: |
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> However, my issue now is trying to get an external Iomega 250 gig usb |
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> hard drive to work. |
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> I've tried googling for information as well as looking in the archives. |
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> However, all the information is old. For instance, it tells me that usb |
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> peripherals are recognized ad scsi devices, which is true in for my zip |
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> drive, which is sda4. |
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yep, afaik. |
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> However, /dev appears to have changed and there |
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> are no longer multiple choices like sda1, etc. |
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really? Is there a filesystem on this device already? ie. is it |
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formatted? If not, then you will only see /dev/sda. When it's |
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formatted you will see /dev/sda[1..n] depending on how many partitions |
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are on it. |
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> Regardless, if I modify fstab to read /dev/usb and save the file, a |
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> window will pop up saying that an unmounted hard drive has been |
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> detected. However, if I try to mount it I'm told that /dev/usb is not a |
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> block device. |
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I don't think /dev/usb is the right device... unless you have some udev |
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rule setting up /dev/usb... I don't even have a /dev/usb! |
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So, if it's not formatted yet, then just run |
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fdisk /dev/sdx |
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to create a partition, then you should see /dev/sdx1 |
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Also, you could provide udev and kernel versions. |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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To do nothing is to be nothing. |
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