-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/17/08 12:04, Jörg Becker wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I cannot mount an usb hd when it was connected while switching on my machine. > The message is the famous "already mounted or busy". I found many things in > google, but nothing matches my problem. > > symptoms: > - device is detected on startup (currently /dev/sdc with 3 partitions sdc1-3) > - mount -> usb hd not in list, so not mounted yet > - lsofs -> empty for both the device (/dev/sdc2) and the mount point > - tried different mount points (no shell / file manager blocks the mount point > - sudo mount -a / open disk in konqueror-> "already mounted or busy" > > After restarting the usb hd I can mount its partitions without any problems. > This is true for both mounting via fstab entry (my backup partition should be > auto mounted on startup without any desktop support) and the user partition > which is auto mounted by kde.
Maybe it's still spinning up during the first power-up attempt? If so, and it gets external power, maybe turn it on first? If power-thru-USB, maybe set it to noauto mount, and put the mount command in /etc/rc.local. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Working with women is a pain in the a**." My wife -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH3u7wS9HxQb37XmcRAsoTAJ9Qhle3nP80V6XFnWA+KvC54LuBfACeM6Fz SIIjNKmLlapo5zEcbF5cZuo= =cWlR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
