Hello Douglas 2009/3/16 Douglas A. Tutty <dtu...@vianet.ca>: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 07:11:55AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >> is it possible to put to work a 120 GB Iomega Portable Hard Drive (usb >> powered) under Lenny? I own one myself, but I can't mount it. I >> googled a bit too, but without success besides the fact that there is >> no direct linux support for it. > > It may not need direct support. When you plug it in, udev should create > a /dev/sd* node for it and report this in /var/log/syslog. > > At a command line, run: > $ tail -f /var/log/syslog > > and plug in the drive. > > See what shows up, then mount the drive.
here follows the output. Sorry for the long log... Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.559461] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.724615] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] usb-storage: device found at 4 Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=059b, idProduct=0272 Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=81, Product=57, SerialNumber=44 Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] usb 3-2: Product: Iomega HDD USB2.0 Drive Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Iomega Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6171.730447] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 56780D96EC35 Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill NetworkManager: <debug> [1237242984.480140] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_272_56780D96EC35'). Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill NetworkManager: <debug> [1237242984.563176] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_272_56780D96EC35_if0'). Mar 16 19:36:24 yggdrasill NetworkManager: <debug> [1237242984.596214] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_272_56780D96EC35_usbraw'). Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.509493] usb-storage: device scan complete Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.517493] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST912082 2A 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.540014] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB) Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.544022] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.544032] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00 Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.544037] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.548984] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB) Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.554860] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.554872] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00 Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.554877] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill NetworkManager: <debug> [1237242989.522010] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_272_56780D96EC35_if0_scsi_host'). Mar 16 19:36:29 yggdrasill NetworkManager: <debug> [1237242989.526945] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_59b_272_56780D96EC35_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0'). Mar 16 19:36:59 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6177.554886] sda:<6>usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 16 19:37:30 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6247.201428] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 16 19:38:01 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6282.953728] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 16 19:38:32 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6317.559655] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 16 19:39:03 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6350.586207] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 16 19:39:34 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6385.055989] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 16 19:39:35 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6386.107479] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_ABORT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK Mar 16 19:39:35 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6386.107479] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 Mar 16 19:39:35 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6386.107479] __ratelimit: 4 messages suppressed Mar 16 19:39:35 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6386.107479] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 Mar 16 19:40:06 yggdrasill kernel: [ 6420.388444] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 and nothing appears in /dev, like /dev/sda... so I can't mount it. What is going wrong? Thank you very much for the help! Marcelo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org