Mount issue, more thoughts

[Jim Smith]

Robert Spanjaard wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:18:56 -0700, Jim Smith wrote:
>
>   
>>> Result of that is:
>>> jim at JimsBook:~$ cat /etc/udev/udev.rules cat: /etc/udev/udev.rules: No
>>> such file or directory jim at JimsBook:~$
>>>
>>> /etc/udev contains a subdirectory 'rules.d' which contains numerous
>>> files, many of which I looked at but none of which seem to have my
>>> device in mind.
>>> lsusb does show the device on the first line: jim at JimsBook:~$ lsusb
>>> Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0d49:7350 Maxtor Bus 005 Device 002: ID
>>> 0ac8:c002 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Bus 005 Device 001: ID
>>> 0000:0000
>>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse
>>> 6000 Reciever
>>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> jim at JimsBook:~$
>>> Still mystified.
>>>       
>> Just for fun I took the USB drive to a Windows computer and mounted it
>> then renamed the volume, removing the space in the name. Then replugged
>> it into this computer running Hardy and still received the mount error
>> message. Guess I need to know exactly which file the error is in. Should
>> I think of trying to delete any references to /dev/sdb2? Would that
>> cause the device to re-initialize on plugging it in?
>>     
>
> If you can find the right references, you might as well correct them 
> instead of deleting them.
>
>   
The problem is and has been finding the right references. Where exactly
is a USB disk supposed to mount? What determines that? Other USB devices
mount fine on this machine, so it looks like the problem is in some file
that references this device alone. Is this created upon the first
connection? Is it just this Maxtor drive or all Maxtor OneTouch drives
that this affects?
 Too many questions, basically the problem is that it did work on this
machine and now it won't. It still works on my other machines and on
friend's machines. Think I'll just have to step back and forget it for a
while, as it has consumed entirely too much time.

Thanks to all for the attempts to help, you are all much appreciated.

Jim