Ubuntu can't see usb drive

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 15:34 -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote: 
> On 06/05/2011 11:03 AM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/04/2011 01:45 PM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> >> On 06/04/2011 01:23 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Douglas 
> >>> Pollard<dougpol1 at verizon.net>  wrote:
> >>>> Hi All,  In the process of updates, grades, and the installation of 
> >>>> a new
> >>>> DVD burner. My Ubuntu 11.04 can't see my 2 gig usb drive im not 
> >>>> sure when
> >>>> this happened. I guess there must be a permission problem but I 
> >>>> don't know
> >>>> what to do about it.  I ran into this a couple years ago and got 
> >>>> help here
> >>>> but I can't remember what I did about it.  Anybody got a good link 
> >>>> handy for
> >>>> help?    I'll be Googleing for help.        Doug
> >>>
> >>> When you say "can't see", do you mean it doesn't mount it at all?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Been thinking about this, I had changed the boot order in the Bios to 
> >> try to boot from a thumb drive. Didn't get it to work so I put the 
> >> bios back to original.  The Hard 2 gig drive does not show up in 
> >> computer folder at all. I have a couple other usb drives and they 
> >> show up.  They open as empty. Not sure but I think there are files on 
> >> them. The big drive must not be mounted. As it does not show up any 
> >> place except in the bios.                             Doug
> >>
> > OK here is what I am getting from a terminal entry
> > douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
> > [sudo] password for douglasdoug:
> > /dev/sda1: UUID="88a2c848-eb4f-43fa-947e-92aa67e09ec7" TYPE="ext4"
> > /dev/sda5: UUID="c8cf4480-e22d-43f5-81ca-e7ec1bbd053f" TYPE="swap"
> > /dev/sdb1: UUID="14b3e293-a312-4c77-8548-c237d4543c41" SEC_TYPE="ext2" 
> > TYPE="ext3"
> > /dev/sdh1: UUID="04D2-B038" TYPE="vfat"
> > /dev/sdi1: UUID="8A82-72E5" TYPE="vfat"
> > douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$
> >
> >
> > AS best I can tell sdh1 and sdi1 are my 150g usb drive and a 250 g usb 
> > drive
> > I don't see my 2 terabite free agent Seagate drive at all.
> > I was calling the 2 terabite drive a 2 gig drive in my last post  old 
> > habit I guess.  Does this tell anyone anything about my problem or 
> > wher i might go from here??                    Doug
> >
> Would someone please take a look at the above post and see if you can be 
> helpful in solving this problem.  I have not been able to open this Usb 
> drive and almost all my data is in it. If more info is needed I can try 
> to retrieve it.                             Doug

What happens if you unplug the 150gig USB drive? I dunno, never having
plugged in two USB drives at once, but could there be a master/slave
thing going on? 

Trouble shooting with a shotgun here. But, I would think that you could
just mount the darn thing, if you have identified it. Disk Utility
(palimpsest) doesn't see it? Give that a whirl if you haven't tried it.
Ric


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