[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

Anton Geijsendorpher anton at ccbt.co.za
Tue Dec 9 11:07:11 GMT 2008


Hi David

It's definitely picking up the drive (sdb5) - perhaps it's not mounting
due to unknown/un-supported file format?
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On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 13:01 +0200, David Mark Bodmer wrote:
> um using usb
> 
> i pluged it in and ran dmesg and got
> 
> --------------------------
> [16902.293046] usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> address 7
> [16902.433527] usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [16902.434830] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> [16902.442036] usb-storage: device found at 7
> [16902.442048] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before
> scanning
> [16907.440235] usb-storage: device scan complete
> [16907.508599] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     TOSHIBA  MK3252GSX
> PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
> [16907.511315] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors
> (320073 MB)
> [16907.511812] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> [16907.511819] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
> [16907.511825] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [16907.512561] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors
> (320073 MB)
> [16907.513257] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> [16907.513265] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
> [16907.513270] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [16907.513281]  sdb: sdb1 < sdb5 >
> [16907.523198] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
> [16907.523417] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> -----------------------
> i dont quite understand that all, but i hope u can make some sence of
> it.
> 
> thank you
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Morgan Collett <morgan at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>         On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:42, David Mark Bodmer
>         <david.bodmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>         > is there away of using a lacie rugged, external hdd with
>         ubuntu intrepid,
>         > because ubuntu doesn't even notice that it's pluged in.
>         >
>         > I would be very grateful if someone could help me
>         
>         
>         Did you connect it via USB or firewire?
>         
>         What do you see if you run dmesg before and after plugging it
>         in? (In
>         other words, what gets added...)
>         
>         Regards
>         Morgan
>         
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> 
> -- 
> Regards
> David Bodmer
> 
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