After all these results, maybe it's worth to try usb storage device as built in instead of module.
On 7/26/09, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all! > > I should note that after rebooting to my Debian partition, the > external hard-disk is successfully mounted and I can see the > partition. So it's likely a problem with the Mandriva kernel or > something like that. I'll investigate. > > Regards, > > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Shlomi Fish<shlo...@iglu.org.il> wrote: >> On Saturday 25 July 2009 16:29:29 sara fink wrote: >>> I also see that you have a new kernel that you installed lately. Did >>> you check usb support in the kernel? Module or built in? lsmod will >>> show you which modules you have autoloaded. >>> >>> grep -i usb /usr/src/linux/.config will show you what's going on. mass >>> storage device >>> >>> post here also grep -i storage /usr/src/linux/.config >>> >>> is CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ONETOUCH set or not? >>> >> >> All the CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_* are modules ("=m"). I tried modprobe'ing >> ums- >> onetouch . The modprobe was successful, but I still got the same problem >> when >> trying to mount the file-system. >> >> Regards, >> >> Shlomi Fish >> >>> On 7/25/09, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il> wrote: >>> > Hi all! >>> > >>> > I have an external USB hard-disk ( Maxtor 500 GB). Up to a few weeks >>> > ago, >>> > I was able to mount it and access it properly on my Mandriva Cooker >>> > system. Recently, however I got this error: >>> > >>> > {{{{{{{{{{{ >>> > shlomi:~$ echo "Before connecting the external disk" >>> > Before connecting the external disk >>> > shlomi:~$ cat /etc/fstab | grep external >>> > /dev/sdd1 /mnt/external ext3 rw,noauto,user 1 0 >>> > shlomi:~$ mount /mnt/external/ >>> > mount: special device /dev/sdd1 does not exist >>> > shlomi:~$ echo "Connecting external disk" >>> > Connecting external disk >>> > shlomi:~$ mount /mnt/external/ >>> > mount: /dev/sdd1 already mounted or /mnt/external busy >>> > shlomi:~$ dmesg | tail >>> > scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Maxtor OneTouch 0125 PQ: 0 >>> > ANSI: 4 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 >>> > usb-storage: device scan complete >>> > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors: (500 GB/465 >>> > GiB) >>> > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off >>> > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 2d 08 00 00 >>> > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through >>> > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through >>> > sdd: sdd1 >>> > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk >>> > shlomi:~$ mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/external/ >>> > mount: only root can do that >>> > shlomi:~$ mount >>> > /dev/sdc1 on / type xfs (rw) >>> > none on /proc type proc (rw) >>> > /dev/sdc2 on /home type xfs (rw) >>> > /dev/sdc5 on /mnt/Test-fedora type ext3 (rw,nosuid) >>> > /dev/sdc6 on /mnt/archlinux type ext3 (rw,nosuid) >>> > /dev/sdb3 on /mnt/kubuntu type xfs (rw,nosuid) >>> > /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/old-mandriva type xfs (rw,nosuid) >>> > /dev/sda1 on /mnt/win_c type vfat >>> > (rw,uid=502,gid=502,iocharset=iso8859-8,codepage=862,umask=002) >>> > /dev/sda5 on /mnt/win_d type vfat >>> > (rw,uid=502,gid=502,iocharset=iso8859-8,codepage=86,umask=002) >>> > none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) >>> > gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/shlomi/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon >>> > (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=shlomi) >>> > shlomi:~$ >>> > }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} >>> > >>> > Can anyone tell me what's wrong? I'm using: >>> > >>> > {{{ >>> > Linux telaviv1.shlomifish.org 2.6.30.2-desktop-1mnb #1 SMP Mon Jul 20 >>> > 23:44:44 >>> > EDT 2009 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz GNU/Linux >>> > }}} >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > >>> > Shlomi Fish >>> > >>> > -- >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ >>> > Rethinking CPAN - http://xrl.us/bjn7p >>> > >>> > God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as >>> > much >>> > as we >>> > read. >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Linux-il mailing list >>> > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ >> Funny Anti-Terrorism Story - http://xrl.us/bjn7t >> >> God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as much as >> we >> read. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > > Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done > that. Forgot a lot. Remember too much. > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il