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James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes: |
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> I use ivman with usb sticks and move them between windoze |
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> and linux systems without issue. I just got a FreeAgent |
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> usb 2.0 external disk drive and expected it to work |
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> just like a usb stick (not really sure why I had this expectation). |
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> It does not show up with a 'df' command, like a usbstick |
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> would under /media. I'm not sure why it does not behave like |
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> a generic usb stick? |
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Well I hate to be the only one answering my posts.... |
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I think I found the problem. Linux does not think a (v)FAT |
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file system is on the drive. From dmesg I get this: |
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Late last I night I got this response to a manual attempt to |
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mount the drive: |
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mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt/usbdrive |
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# dmesg | tail |
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sdb: Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00 |
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sdb: assuming drive cache: write through |
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sdb: sdb1 |
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sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb |
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sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 |
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usb-storage: device scan complete |
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FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors |
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VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb. |
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FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors |
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VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb. |
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Today when I try and manually mount the drive I get this: |
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hda-intel: Invalid position buffer, using LPIB read method instead. |
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sd 4:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready |
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Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, initializing command required |
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end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 |
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FAT: unable to read boot sector |
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I think I just need to format the drive with a fat partition. |
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This is the first USBdrive I've set up so I'm being |
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cautious. Am I missing anything else? |
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James |
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