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simple

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From: Florida

Registered: 2006-12-23

Posts: 4

Can't find USB HDD device.

I'm trying to mount a Maxtor 3200 external hard drive through usb port and I don't know what the usb device is.. With it plugged in dmesg | tail gives me this output..

dmesg | tail
scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 7
usb 5-8: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 5-8: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 5-8: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 5-8: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 5-8: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 5-8: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
scsi 8:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
usb-storage: device scan complete

usbview detects it as being plugged in but I don't know how to get it mounted.. What should I do?

raymano

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Registered: 2006-10-13

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Re: Can't find USB HDD device.

If you are using udev and it's recognizing your device you should see it with the lsusb command and it is most likely /dev/sdb1.

Last edited by raymano (2007-04-06 19:28:25)

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simple

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From: Florida

Registered: 2006-12-23

Posts: 4

Re: Can't find USB HDD device.

Thanks for the reply. Hmmm, it doesn't give any device name.

 lsusb
Bus 005 Device 011: ID 0d49:3210 Maxtor
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

raymano

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Re: Can't find USB HDD device.

Do this with your device unplugged

cat /proc/partitions

You should see something like this:

major minor  #blocks  name

   8     0   97490452 sda
   8     1   94727241 sda1
   8     2    2763180 sda2

Plugin your device and cat /proc/partitions again.

major minor  #blocks  name

   8     0   97490452 sda
   8     1   94727241 sda1
   8     2    2763180 sda2
   8    16     251904 sdb
   8    17     251632 sdb1

If udev has recognized your device you should see it added, in my case sdb1.

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