Re: [vox-tech] USB confusion
> You can get one of those USB port cards for $20 or so. Thanks for pointing that out Brian. However, I'm kind of liking the idea of retiring my VMS workstation for a Linux one. And something more modern as a base appeals to me more. (The PC in question is celeron-based and really not holding up well in my tests...) -- Dave ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] USB confusion
Dave, You can get one of those USB port cards for $20 or so. brian On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 09:59:28AM -0700, David Spencer, Internet Handyman wrote: > > It's going to be e-wasted and I'll find another system. > > > Thanks all for your time, > > That is, unless somebody wants it for free. It also has windowz on it too... > > > -- Dave Spencer, PageWeavers > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] USB confusion
> It's going to be e-wasted and I'll find another system. > Thanks all for your time, That is, unless somebody wants it for free. It also has windowz on it too... -- Dave Spencer, PageWeavers ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] USB confusion
> Start with: > lsusb > Which will list all usb devices that are plugged in. CentOS which is > really meant as a server distro probably doesn't auto-mount usb devices. > Some might say that action would be a security risk on a server. So you > will probably have to mount it yourself. So the next step is (might need > to be run as root or sudo) > fdisk -l > Which should list drives attached. > That will give you enough information to try and mount a drive. > See: > man mount > for more info. Alex (and all the rest), thanks for the great tips. I've determined the true source of the problem: the reason why the PC was sitting around and not in use was that the USB ports on it were dead. That would explain why it did nothing when I plugged in devices. It's going to be e-wasted and I'll find another system. Thanks all for your time, -- Dave Spencer, PageWeavers ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] USB confusion
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 03:00:36PM -0700, David Spencer, Internet Handyman wrote: > I had an old eMachines computer sitting at my office doing nothing so I > decided to put it to work. I installed CentOS workstation on it this morning. > Now I have a fun little Linux machine for my personal use. > > However, I more in mind than just building a playground computer. I had > some SATA drives that I wanted to mount in external USB 2 enclosures and > pull off some files. I plugged the enclosure into one of the USB ports on > the computer and no reaction. Nothing. So I started to doubt that the USB > was working, so I stuck in a thumb drive that I had. Normally, when I > stick my thumb drive into my Mac, there's a light that comes on and the > drive is mounted on the desktop. But once again, nothing. No lights, no > autosense, nada. > > So how do I figure this out guys? If I do directory of /dev I see four > usbdev stubs (or whatever they're called) so I know that something USB > was installed. Where should I start? > Check dmesg, when something happens that the kernel logs it goes into dmesg and /var/log/messages on centos. Different distros and other unixes have different log file names for this, but dmesg is pretty much everywhere. It should say that the usb stick was detected as a storage device and what partitions are on it. Then you can mount the filesystem on the partition, or maybe there are no partitions and the filesystem is just on the whole disk like a floppy. Dmesg should say it was detected though, then you would run something like mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt or maybe mount -t vfat -o uid=yourusername /dev/sdb1 /mnt which would say its a vfat filesystem and make everything owned by you instead of root. Nick Schmalenberger ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
