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I tried to mount the external usb hard drive with udev rules but encountered errors. Here is what I did:
I looked at the /var/log/messages while plugging in the hard drive:

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[root@permian scratch]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Nov 23 13:49:14 permian udevd[5653]: udev done!
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using address 8
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian udevd[5653]: udev done!
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: Vendor: Samsung Model: STORY Station Rev:
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: SCSI device sdc: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: SCSI device sdc: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: sdc: sdc1
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian kernel: Attached scsi disk sdc at scsi9, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian scsi.agent[7628]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0
Nov 23 13:49:41 permian udevd[5653]: udev done!

Then I looked in to udevinfo:

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[root@permian scratch]# udevinfo -a -p $(udevinfo -q path -n /dev/sdc)

udevinfo starts with the device the node belongs to and then walks up the
device chain, to print for every device found, all possibly useful attributes
in the udev key format.
Only attributes within one device section may be used together in one rule,
to match the device for which the node will be created.

looking at class device '/sys/block/sdc':

SYSFS{dev}="8:32"
SYSFS{range}="16"
SYSFS{removable}="0"
SYSFS{size}="1953525168"
SYSFS{stat}=" 1 0 8 345 0 0 0 0 0 345 345"

follow the class device's "device"
looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0':
BUS="scsi"
ID="9:0:0:0"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"
SYSFS{device_blocked}="0"
SYSFS{max_sectors}="240"
SYSFS{model}="STORY Station"
SYSFS{queue_depth}="1"
SYSFS{rev}=""
SYSFS{scsi_level}="3"
SYSFS{state}="running"
SYSFS{timeout}="30"
SYSFS{type}="0"
SYSFS{vendor}="Samsung "

looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host9/target9:0:0':
BUS=""
ID="target9:0:0"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"

looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host9':
BUS=""
ID="host9"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"

looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0':
BUS="usb"
ID="1-2:1.0"
SYSFS{bAlternateSetting}=" 0"
SYSFS{bInterfaceClass}="08"
SYSFS{bInterfaceNumber}="00"
SYSFS{bInterfaceProtocol}="50"
SYSFS{bInterfaceSubClass}="06"
SYSFS{bNumEndpoints}="02"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"
SYSFS{iInterface}="06"

looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2':
BUS="usb"
ID="1-2"
SYSFS{bConfigurationValue}="1"
SYSFS{bDeviceClass}="00"
SYSFS{bDeviceProtocol}="00"
SYSFS{bDeviceSubClass}="00"
SYSFS{bMaxPower}=" 2mA"
SYSFS{bNumConfigurations}="1"
SYSFS{bNumInterfaces}=" 1"
SYSFS{bcdDevice}="0000"
SYSFS{bmAttributes}="c0"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"
SYSFS{devnum}="8"
SYSFS{idProduct}="5f05"
SYSFS{idVendor}="04e8"
SYSFS{manufacturer}="JMicron"
SYSFS{maxchild}="0"
SYSFS{product}="Samsung STORY Station"
SYSFS{serial}="0000002CE09310500550"
SYSFS{speed}="480"
SYSFS{version}=" 2.00"

looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1':
BUS="usb"
ID="usb1"
SYSFS{bConfigurationValue}="1"
SYSFS{bDeviceClass}="09"
SYSFS{bDeviceProtocol}="01"
SYSFS{bDeviceSubClass}="00"
SYSFS{bMaxPower}=" 0mA"
SYSFS{bNumConfigurations}="1"
SYSFS{bNumInterfaces}=" 1"
SYSFS{bcdDevice}="0206"
SYSFS{bmAttributes}="e0"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"
SYSFS{devnum}="1"
SYSFS{idProduct}="0000"
SYSFS{idVendor}="0000"
SYSFS{manufacturer}="Linux 2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp ehci_hcd"
SYSFS{maxchild}="8"
SYSFS{product}="EHCI Host Controller"
SYSFS{serial}="0000:00:1d.7"
SYSFS{speed}="480"
SYSFS{version}=" 2.00"

looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7':
BUS="pci"
ID="0000:00:1d.7"
SYSFS{class}="0x0c0320"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"
SYSFS{device}="0x268c"
SYSFS{irq}="177"
SYSFS{subsystem_device}="0x01c1"
SYSFS{subsystem_vendor}="0x1028"
SYSFS{vendor}="0x8086"

looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00':
BUS=""
ID="pci0000:00"
SYSFS{detach_state}="0"

Then I added the following udev rule to file /etc/udev/rules.d/05-local.rules

Code:

BUS=="usb",SYSFS{product}=="Samsung STORY Station",KERNEL=="sd?1",NAME="Bkup",SYMLINK="usbdevices/samsung1tb"

and changed my fstab to:

Code:

[root@permian scratch]# cat /etc/fstab

/dev/md2                /                      ext3    defaults        1 1

/dev/md0                /boot                  ext3    defaults        1 2

none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0

none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs  defaults        0 0

/dev/md3                /home                  ext3    defaults        1 2

none                    /proc                  proc    defaults        0 0

none                    /sys                    sysfs  defaults        0 0

/dev/md1                swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

/dev/hda                /media/cdrecorder      auto    pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

/dev/fd0                /media/floppy          auto    pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

/dev/Bkup          /media/USB_Bkup        vfat    rw,suid,dev,exec,noauto,user,async,dmask=000,fmask=111    0 0

So my udev rules folder now has

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[root@permian scratch]# ll /etc/udev/rules.d/

total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136 Nov 23 13:42 05-local.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11368 Apr 8 2008 10-wacom.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3898 Mar 9 2009 50-udev.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1136 Mar 9 2009 51-by-id.rules

Then I restarted the udev and fstab:

Code:

[root@permian scratch]# /sbin/start_udev 

Starting udev:    [OK]

[root@permian scratch]# mount -a

Finally when I tried to mount the drive, I got this error:

Quote:

[root@permian scratch]# mount /dev/Bkup
mount: special device /dev/Bkup does not exist

Any help on where am I going wrong?
I am running RHEL 3.

TIA,