How to mount IDE HDD [Solved]
I have an IDE HDD and I bought an IDE to USB adapter. I connected the connector to the HDD and plugged it into my USB port, and I plugged the power in as well, but when I try to mount it, it gives me an error:
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~$ dmesg | tail |
Is this a brand new drive? That message is probably from automount. When you plug the device in automount tries to automatically mount the device and cannot if the drive has not been partitioned and formatted yet. When you get the message you should reply ignore or something similar. Then log in as root and partition and format the drive.
---------------- Steve Stites |
Those errors look like it didn't detect any usable drive connected to the adapter. Check the Master/Slave jumper on the drive. Some IDE drives need to be set as Master even if there is no Slave, and others need the jumpers removed if they are single-Master.
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you are trying to mount the device not a partition..
typically you would mount /dev/sdb1 but it looks as though the partition table might be corrupt on the drive. Is there data on the drive you wish to access ? or could you repartition and reformat the drive ? I have also run into IDE to USB adapters that didn't work very well and provided similar results to what you are experiencing. so it could be related to the adapter as well. I purchased an expensive enclosure a while back, and it failed miserably in both Windows and Linux. amazingly enough, this el-cheapo adapter works great for Windows and Linux at times I just want to hook up a IDE or SATA drive to a USB port to grab some data. http://www.inland-products.com/singl...&partnum=08412 So there are a couple things you need to look at. Is the drive OK ? does it work when connected ot an actual IDE cable ? Is your Adapter functioning properly ? or is it a paperweight like the first one I purchased ... |
This is not a new drive. I just brought it from my friend's house and it worked fine on his computer before I took it home.
How do I check Master/Slave jumper on the drive? ls -a /dev/hd* and sd*: Code:
$ ls -a /dev/sd* I do want to access data from the drive. It's formatted with NTFS. The adapter I have is a Vantec SATA/IDE to USB. Any suggestions? |
Is the power supply good? Is there another one you could test with?
The drive should be humming and should feel like it is spinning if it is running properly. |
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$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb /mount1/ Code:
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb Code:
$ dmesg |
You won't be able to mount anything until you figure out why the drive isn't spinning. This isn't a software problem.
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You want to use
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actually you would want to use ntfs-3g to mount it, rather than ntfs.
But there still appears to be a possible hardware issue or the usb-storage modules are not being loaded. lsmod | grep usb |
I solved the problem...I forgot to plug in the power supply cord...
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should have used a smaller font. I can still read that ;p
Well you won't forget to check that again will ya :) |
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