USB hard drive

[Robin Laing]

Jim Douglas wrote:
> I just bought a USB device adn when I plug it in I can't see it.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to mount it?  I expected it to register like my 
> memory stick.
> 
> I tried the Syste mTools > Disk Manager and Hardware Browser.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 
> 

Now I will jump in late.

Has this drive ever worked on Linux?

What does tail show for /var/log/messages when you plug the drive into 
the USB port.

   # tail -f /var/log/messages

You should see something like.
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: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass 
Storage devices
Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Mar 31 12:03:23 xxxxxx kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel:   Vendor: WDC WD80  Model: 0BB-75CAA0 
       Rev:  0 0
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access 
       ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte 
hdwr sectors (80000 MB)
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte 
hdwr sectors (80000 MB)
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel:  sda: sda1
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Mar 31 12:03:28 xxxxxx scsi.agent[7272]: disk at 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0

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Now the next question is your HAL daemon running?
   service --status-all |grep hald
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I ask this as my hald is stopped and I cannot automount my USB HD or 
stick.


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Robin Laing