BTW what kind (make/model) of case is the drive mounted in?
Ahem, I bought off ebay - it seems to be made in China. Search *NEW*
120 GB 2.5 External HDD Hard Disk Drive USB 2.0 I didn't honestly know
it before now, but the housing seems to be rip-off of a SONY label.
Investigating as far I
Firstly, thanks everyone for helpng me out here. I know now not to try
to mount the disk before formatting it.
Still having trouble.
In yast, I select /dev/evms/sdb and _create_ it then pop ups with a
window saying Create a Primary Partition on /dev/sda. I can't get it
to to say /dev/sdb.
This is the nub of the problem. I don't think my system is behaving as
expected and although I doubted myself, I'm beginning to believe there
is bug somewhere other than the user!
Before attach USB HDD
ls /dev/evms/sd*
ls: cannot access /dev/evms/sd*: No such file or directory
ls /dev/sd*
Hi all
This error seems to be the same bug as reported in Ubuntu forum
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/81059
I've connected a external HDD to USB port but I can't mount it. I'm
using x86_64 openSUSE 10.2, kernal is 2.6.18.2-34, Dell inspiron 1501
(dual boot
I guess you want to mount the first partition of your disk. Try
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
Hi Herbet,
Thanks for the reply. I hoped it was going to be a doh! moment there.
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
However, you're right to assume I'm a
No luck yet, I'm afraid - Phil
Do you happen to have anything in your /dev directory for sda?
Yes, in /dev/disk, I have sda1, sda2, sda3, sda5, sda6, sda7 and sdb.
You will know your successful when you cycle the power on and
the SuSE hardware detection window pops up.
Unfortunately, no
