Re: [newbie] USB not hot-swappable in Linux?

2003-10-02 Thread RichardA 
On 02 Oct 2003 06:45:23 +0700, Merlin Zener [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
 Hi,
 I find that unless I have my USB external hard drive connected and
 powered up *before* booting, Linux won't find it. Is that the way it
 normally is, or is there something wrong with my system?

This works for others, so yes.
I have to run diskdrake to get /mnt/removable to appear, and then I can
mount my sd-ram card, which is also a USB mass storage device. I've been
blaming my very old (~4 yrs) motherboard.

 Is the there equivalent of the stop device function, so I can safely
 unplug without powering down the computer first?

Umount?

Richard
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[newbie] USB not hot-swappable in Linux?

2003-10-01 Thread Merlin Zener 
Hi,
I find that unless I have my USB external hard drive connected and
powered up *before* booting, Linux won't find it. Is that the way it
normally is, or is there something wrong with my system?

Is the there equivalent of the stop device function, so I can safely
unplug without powering down the computer first?

TIA,

--
Merlin Zener
Piano, Synthesizer
Thailand.

registered Linux user number 328618





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Re: [newbie] USB not hot-swappable in Linux?

2003-10-01 Thread Damian Gatabria 
El mié, 01-10-2003 a las 20:45, Merlin Zener escribió:
 Hi,
 I find that unless I have my USB external hard drive connected and
 powered up *before* booting, Linux won't find it. Is that the way it
 normally is, or is there something wrong with my system?
 
 Is the there equivalent of the stop device function, so I can safely
 unplug without powering down the computer first?
 
 TIA,

That's weird. 

Boot up with the usb drive unplugged.

Once you finished booting, plug it in.

Do (as root) a `tail -20 /var/log/syslog` 

There should be something there about usb-storage.

Maybe Linux sees the drive but it's not mounting it?


Damian



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