Linux can not see my wd (wd5000aajs-00tka0) elements external 500G usb drive. I typed lsblk and fdisk -l. My wd usb drive is just not detected at all. It is like the usb drive is not plugged in. The light on the usb drive comes on showing it has power to it. I tried running window vista and vista said, "found new hardware" and "need a driver for hardware". I used this usb drive for a long time both in windows vista and linux. I have not used it in a while.
I just need to get some files off of this usb drive, then it is going in the trash. I am using Slax version of Linux. I am a newbie here and somewhat to linux.
If you reply with an answer , you will need to "take out the ABC blocks". I will need a detailed answer. Thanks in advance.

What does return?

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Perhaps what would be helpful is a view of the last few lines of your system log after you plug in that drive.

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random troll
Thank you for your reply.
ls /dev/sd* returns /dev/sda , /dev/sda1
/dev/sda and /dev/sda1 is my internal hard disk

Unplug the drive, then plug it back in - after that run this. Use copy-and-paste (the terminal should have a menu on title bar) after highlighting the output with the mouse. Paste it here.

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rtmisler
Thank you for your reply.
I ran this command in linux -
cat /var/log/kern.log >>file.txt
Aug 30 16:26:19 slax kernel: usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci-pci
Aug 30 16:26:20 slax kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=13fd, idProduct=161f
Aug 30 16:26:20 slax kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

I am not sure what this information shows because I am a newbie in linux. Looks like linux sees I have a device plugged in. Where do I go from here?
I finally feel like I am getting somewhere.
Thanks

sgy00
Thank you for your reply. I am running linux at the command line. The last 3 lines is when I plugged in the external usb drive.
I typed in :
dmesg | tail -n 20 >>file.txt
[14358.716954] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5575
[14358.716962] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[14358.716967] usb 1-1: Product: Cruzer Glide
[14358.716971] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: SanDisk
[14358.716976] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 4C530001110423100304
[14358.717734] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[14358.719959] scsi host9: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[14359.746170] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Glide 1.27 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[14359.749190] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[14359.751004] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] 30529536 512-byte logical blocks: (15.6 GB/14.6 GiB)
[14359.754067] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
[14359.754081] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[14359.755983] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[14359.787287] sdg: sdg1
[14359.796081] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk
[14405.835508] FAT-fs (sdg1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[14448.787426] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 14
[14515.592059] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 16 using ehci-pci
[14515.740460] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=13fd, idProduct=161f
[14515.740468] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

What do I do now?

It saw the drive as /dev/sdg with the formatted part being sdg1, but it said it was corrupt and to run fsck.

Therefore plug it in again, verify that it is still seen as /dev/sdg and run fsck. Do so as root, or using the sudo command modifier.

Fsck will ask you about fixing problems.

An example:

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rtmistler
Thanks for your reply.
" $ sudo fsck /dev/sdg" This is not my external usb disk. It is a usb stick had mounted in linux so I could cat the kern.log and save the results to a file on the usb stick. I wish it was my external usb disk. Then my problem would be solved.

This is a Initio product which I am guessing is a USB SATA bridge. More information on your hardware is required. Is the bridge or drive broken?

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Do you have ntfs-3g installed?

check out this link:https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-mount...d-write-access

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