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TCL is not seeing my Western Digital 1TB usb hard drive
docsulo:
Any suggestions?
It works fine on every other distro I have.
maro:
Are you using boot code 'waitusb=n'? With 'n' a delay in seconds to ensure device recogition at boot time, typical values are 5, 10, etc. I'd suggest to first try it with a higher value and reduce it later (until it fails again).
Furthermore, please provide here the output of fdisk -lu and dmesg | grep -i usb for me to be able to "see" what's going on.
docsulo:
Maro,
I'm not using the waitusb code. I didn't think I needed to since I can plug in the USB after the system has booted (yes?)
Now that I did those two outputs (see below), I see the USB drive at /dev/sdb. However when I attempt to mount the device in rox-filer I get the following error:
--- Quote ---Mounting /mnt/sdb1
mount: mounting /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/sdb1 failed: No such device
Mount failed
Done
There was one error.
--- End quote ---
Output of dmesg | grep -i usb
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-alauda
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-cypress
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-freecom
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-isd200
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-jumpshot
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-karma
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-onetouch
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr09
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr55
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-usbat
usbcore: registered new interface driver berry_charge
usbcore: registered new interface driver appletouch
usbcore: registered new interface driver bcm5974
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: USB HID core driver
usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
hub 3-2:1.0: USB hub found
usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-2.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
input: Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/input/input3
microsoft 0003:045E:00F9.0001: input: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0
usb 3-2.1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
scsi4 : usb-storage 3-2.1:1.0
input: Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.1/input/input4
microsoft 0003:045E:00F9.0002: input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input1
usbcore: registered new interface driver oss_usb
output of fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 112454 56196 de Unknown
/dev/sda2 112455 143524709 71706127+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 305235000 312576704 3670852+ db Unknown
/dev/sda4 143524771 268863839 62669534+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 143524773 155814434 6144831 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda6 155814498 217375514 30780508+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 217375578 268863839 25744131 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/loop0: 0 MB, 8192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders, total 16 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
fdisk: can't open '/dev/ramzswap0': Permission denied
Disk /dev/loop10: 0 MB, 77824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders, total 152 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop10 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/loop20: 0 MB, 405504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders, total 792 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop20 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/loop30: 0 MB, 53248 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders, total 104 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop30 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track,
gerald_clark:
You need to partition thedrive, and create a filesystem on the partition before you can use it.
docsulo:
Why would I want to partition it?
It's a USB drive full of data.
I am loading tiny core from CD. I have the TC folder on a linux ext 3 partition.
So everything is fine as far as running TCL goes. I just can't seem to mount the USB drive and I need to because that is where all the data I use is located (if this operating system is to be of any use to me).
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