From: Eddie O'Connor <eoconno...@gmail.com> > Ok....so after installing "smartmontools" on my CentOS machine...and > connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the > short and long tests...so the drive can obviously be "seen"....but > when I > look for it in the /dev/ directory...it doesn't show up.....I'm about to > give the fdisk command line tools anonther shot....it allows me to format > the drive...and to give it a file system...(ext4)....but it doesn't > automaticcaly mount, nor can I format the drive using the Disk Utility in > CEntOS.....I'm going to give D.B.A.N one more try since I was able to > format it from the smartctl command line....hopefully it will "clear" > whaever is locked up.
Is it USB powered? If so, maybe try another USB port... Did you check /var/log/messages for detection messages? JD _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
