On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 17:47 -0800, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Sunday 05 February 2006 3:13 pm, Marc Wilson so eloquently stated: > > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 01:30:01PM -0800, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > > > <much silliness deleted> > > > > > Ok from all this, I wonder if the drive is corrupt. It is connected. Why > > > can't I manually mount it? > > > > Because you're trying to mount the block device, rather than a partition on > > it. Example: > > > > rei $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdf > > > > Disk /dev/sdf: 519 MB, 519569408 bytes > > 129 heads, 32 sectors/track, 245 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 4128 * 512 = 2113536 bytes > > OK, I know what you mean about mounting the block device, I tried sdb0, 1, > and > 2, but got no response before I emailed. > > timmy:~# dmesg | tail > usb 3-5: new high speed USB device using address 32 > scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > Vendor: PNY Model: USB 2.0 FD Rev: 1.13 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > SCSI device sdb: 487424 512-byte hdwr sectors (250 MB) > sdb: assuming Write Enabled > sdb: assuming drive cache: write through > /dev/scsi/host7/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 > Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi7, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > USB Mass Storage device found at 32 > > So it is still there, and let me find out what it responds to: > > timmy:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb > > Disk /dev/sdb: 249 MB, 249561088 bytes > 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 952 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 952 243696 6 FAT16 > > Ah, so it is vfat on sdb1! no sweat! > > timmy:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/flash > mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
OK, just in case: Do you actually have a device special file /dev/sdb1? Just askin' . . . > Now this is silly! > > Is it still there? > > timmy:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb > > Disk /dev/sdb: 249 MB, 249561088 bytes > 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 952 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 952 243696 6 FAT16 > > I will be darned. Still there, but mount can't find it! Maybe because the error message from mount is correct? That "special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist?" John S. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
