Re: [ilugd] Problem with mounting external disk on debian etch

2008-04-10 Thread Jasbir Khehra
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Vikas Rawal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 10 usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using address 11 tail -f /var/log/messages does not say anything more. fdisk -l does not show the disk. See if you

Re: [ilugd] Problem with mounting external disk on debian etch

2008-04-09 Thread Vikas Rawal
usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 10 usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using address 11 tail -f /var/log/messages does not say anything more. fdisk -l does not show the disk. See if you can mount /dev/sda or /dev/sdb The machine simply required a restart which I had not

[ilugd] Problem with mounting external disk on debian etch

2008-03-29 Thread Vikas Rawal
It is disgusting that I can't handle a simple mounting issue!! I am trying to mount an external usb disk on a debian etch server but somehow it just won't recognise the disk. On plugging out and plugging in the drive, dmesg | tail only shows usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 10 usb 1-3: new

Re: [ilugd] Problem with mounting external disk on debian etch

2008-03-29 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Vikas Rawal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | modprobe -l | grep sr_mod shows that sr_mod is there. \-- Can you post your /bin/lsmod output? You also need: sd_mod scsi_mod usb-storage If they are not loaded, modprobe them. Apart from them you need

Re: [ilugd] Problem with mounting external disk on debian etch

2008-03-29 Thread Raj Mathur
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Vikas Rawal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is disgusting that I can't handle a simple mounting issue!! I am trying to mount an external usb disk on a debian etch server but somehow it just won't recognise the disk. On plugging out and plugging in the drive,

Re: [ilugd] Problem with mounting external disk on debian etch

2008-03-29 Thread Vikas Rawal
Plug in all cables if the drive enclosure has multiple cables, try another usb port (if you have multiple sets of ports on your box). If neither works, get an enclosure with external power :) The present enclosure has external power. So that should not be the problem. I have, for the