On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:19:35 -0800 (PST), Matt Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone. I'm running Debian Sarge with kernel 2.6.8-1-686 (from > the deb kernel package). I just bought a USB drive enclosure with a > drive that I wish to mount in Debian. I'm not sure what I need to do > to make this happen. > > I plugged the unit into the USB port but I didn't see anything appear > in the syslog. I also did "modprobe usb-storage" which also appeared > to do nothing. I know the drive and enclosure are good since I was > able to use it on a Windows box. USB is enabled in my BIOS settings. > > Any suggestions on how to get this to work? I'm not sure what I need > to look at next.
If you check 'dmesg' output right after you plug it in you should see something similar to this: (this is my compact flash reader, but my harddrives behave the same) usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 10 scsi15 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Vendor: Genesys Model: USB to IDE Card Rev: 0113 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sdj: 1000945 512-byte hdwr sectors (512 MB) sdj: assuming Write Enabled sdj: assuming drive cache: write through /dev/scsi/host15/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 Attached scsi removable disk sdj at scsi15, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 USB Mass Storage device found at 10 it created a device 'sdj' to represent the card, with a single partition. You need to make sure a handful of modules are installed. modprobe of usb_storage _should_ have loaded the majority of them. In which case you should see a whole bunch of neatstuff in dmesg. You can check and see what modules are loaded by using lsmod or cat /proc/modules I use a stock 2.6.8-1-k7 image and modules. I also have udev and hotplug installed to handle the devices. It can be very complicated unfortunately. So I would suggest starting to see if you have hotplug installed... maybe that will lead you. -- Darryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://smartssa.com / http://darrylclarke.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]