Problems mounting my USB Harddrive in Ubuntu Breezy

[thephotoman]

Brian Craft wrote:
> I need help.  I'm running Ubuntu Breezy Colony-4 with all updates as of
> now.  I have a USB harddrive that I want to use, but for some reason,
> Ubuntu will not allow me to mount it.  I had no problem in Fedora Core 4
> and in Windows.  Below is the output of  /var/log/messages, dmesg,
> fstab, and mount command.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is the /var/log/messages right after I plugin the USB cable to the
> harddrive.
> 
> 
> Sep  8 18:52:31 localhost kernel: [4298251.577000] usb 3-1: new high
> speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
> Sep  8 18:52:31 localhost kernel: [4298251.656000] scsi1 : SCSI
> emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> Sep  8 18:52:31 localhost usb.agent[8586]:      usb-storage: already loaded
> Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.658000]   Vendor: TOSHIBA  
> Model: MK3021GAS         Rev: GA12
> Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.658000]   Type:  
> Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.662000] SCSI device sda:
> 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
> Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.665000] SCSI device sda:
> 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
> Sep  8 18:52:37 localhost kernel: [4298256.665000] 
> /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
> Sep  8 18:52:37 localhost kernel: [4298257.164000] Attached scsi disk
> sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Sep  8 18:52:37 localhost scsi.agent[8649]:      sd_mod: loaded
> sucessfully (for disk)
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> dmesg output
> 
> 
> [4298251.577000] usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> address 4[4298251.656000] scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
> devices
> [4298251.658000] usb-storage: device found at 4
> [4298251.658000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> [4298256.658000]   Vendor: TOSHIBA   Model: MK3021GAS         Rev: GA12
> [4298256.658000]   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI
> revision: 00
> [4298256.662000] SCSI device sda: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
> [4298256.662000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> [4298256.665000] SCSI device sda: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
> [4298256.665000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> [4298256.665000]  /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
> [4298257.164000] Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> [4298257.167000] usb-storage: device scan complete
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> My fstab file:
> 
> 
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda2       /               reiserfs notail          0       1
> /dev/hda1       /media/hda1     vfat    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda6       /media/hda6     vfat    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
> /dev/sda    /media/usbdisk    vfat    defaults    0     0
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> When I try to mount from terminal window:
> 
> 
> brian at bclaptop:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/usbdisk
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
>        missing codepage or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so
> 
> 

Okay, you need to use /dev/sda1 for the hard drive.  Otherwise, you're 
trying to mount a partition that doesn't exist.

Lucky you, being able to use USB 2.0 on kernel 2.6.12.  I can't.