From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FznOS-0003vz-Q8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:29:13 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6A4RqsU026615; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:27:52 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (whirlwind.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.76]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6A4M8PF004030 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:22:09 GMT Received: from orpheus (unknown [150.101.6.82]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1FA6131600 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:22:05 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] External USB drive From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <44B1CCE5.6040301@gmail.com> References: <44B1CCE5.6040301@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:51:22 +0930 Message-Id: <1152505282.23269.32.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 72e4323e-1d98-4847-8ea9-a588db2b89ba X-Archives-Hash: b99b13988f612d1c0016218d87085eb5 On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 23:43 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: > However, my issue now is trying to get an external Iomega 250 gig usb > hard drive to work. > > I've tried googling for information as well as looking in the archives. > However, all the information is old. For instance, it tells me that usb > peripherals are recognized ad scsi devices, which is true in for my zip > drive, which is sda4. yep, afaik. > However, /dev appears to have changed and there > are no longer multiple choices like sda1, etc. really? Is there a filesystem on this device already? ie. is it formatted? If not, then you will only see /dev/sda. When it's formatted you will see /dev/sda[1..n] depending on how many partitions are on it. > Regardless, if I modify fstab to read /dev/usb and save the file, a > window will pop up saying that an unmounted hard drive has been > detected. However, if I try to mount it I'm told that /dev/usb is not a > block device. I don't think /dev/usb is the right device... unless you have some udev rule setting up /dev/usb... I don't even have a /dev/usb! So, if it's not formatted yet, then just run fdisk /dev/sdx to create a partition, then you should see /dev/sdx1 Also, you could provide udev and kernel versions. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan To do nothing is to be nothing. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list