Cannot mount USB Hard Drive

CartersAdvocate · 06-22-2007, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boow

you probably left out some needed modules. try a knoppix or ubuntu cd to see if it works there then you'll know what you left out.

Hrm, now I'm even more confused. It works fine in Knoppix...here is my lsmod for Knoppix:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
md5                     7680  1
ipv6                  238016  6
sworks_agp             10912  0
nvidia_agp              9756  0
efficeon_agp           10144  0
amd64_agp              13640  0
ali_agp                 9216  0
agpgart                31440  5 sworks_agp,nvidia_agp,efficeon_agp,amd64_agp,ali_agp
autofs4                19076  1
af_packet              24328  0
ext3                  123912  1
jbd                    65572  1 ext3
snd_intel8x0           30528  1
snd_ac97_codec         72312  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            47264  0
snd_mixer_oss          18304  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                77316  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23556  1 snd_pcm
snd                    46820  8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              11104  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         11268  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
sk98lin               156128  0
i2c_nforce2             9600  0
i2c_core               20992  1 i2c_nforce2
forcedeth              19584  0
parport_pc             38724  0
parport                33480  1 parport_pc
8250                   42844  0
serial_core            21120  1 8250
usbhid                 42464  0
pcmcia                 23696  0
yenta_socket           22152  0
rsrc_nonstatic         14080  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            43268  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
video                  18308  0
thermal                14984  0
processor              24520  1 thermal
fan                     7300  0
container               7296  0
button                  9104  0
battery                12420  0
ac                      7556  0
rtc                    13900  0
unionfs                68088  1
cloop                  19232  1
sbp2                   24584  0
ohci1394               33460  0
ieee1394              297432  2 sbp2,ohci1394
usb_storage            68544  1
ohci_hcd               21764  0
uhci_hcd               31632  0
usbcore               102492  5 usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd

and here is my lsmod for Slackware:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  200544  12
ipt_LOG                 5632  1
xt_tcpudp               3200  5
iptable_filter          2436  1
ip_tables               9560  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               10756  3 ipt_LOG,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
uhci_hcd               19732  0
usbhid                 19552  0
ide_scsi               13068  0
usb_storage            58560  0
agpgart                26672  0
apm                    16640  2
evdev                   7552  0
parport_pc             23012  0
parport                28360  1 parport_pc
sk98lin               136864  0
ohci_hcd               17164  0
shpchp                 26784  0
forcedeth              37920  0
ohci1394               28596  0
pci_hotplug             8840  1 shpchp
usbcore               103324  5 uhci_hcd,usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd
ieee1394               77792  1 ohci1394
8250_pnp                9216  0
8250                   17572  1 8250_pnp
serial_core            14976  1 8250

agentc0re · 06-22-2007, 12:20 AM

do a

Code:

lspci | grep USB

make sure that all your usb ports show up in linux
then run make menuconfig (or whichever one you like)
Now i know most of these are probably going to already be like this just figured id mention them anyway.
under
Device Drivers -> SCSI Device Support ->[*] SCSI disk Support
Device Drivers -> USB Support -> [M] USB Mass Storage Support
Bus Options ->[*] PCI support
Device Drivers -> USB Support -> [M] Support for Host-side USB
Device Drivers -> USB Support -> [M] EHCI/OHCI/UHCI
under USB support there should be some driver options for certain devices. check and see if yours is there.

I hope this is helpful, even though it's all probably set that way. i guess when you are stuck though it's best to go back to the beginning with the basics.

CartersAdvocate · 06-22-2007, 12:34 AM

Code:

root@gijeff:~# lspci | grep USB
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)

All those options in the make menuconfig are selected, except I can't find any for my device

bioe007 · 06-22-2007, 10:16 AM

how do you boot? lilo / grub? either way try appending "irqpoll" to the image you're booting from

CartersAdvocate · 06-22-2007, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bioe007

how do you boot? lilo / grub? either way try appending "irqpoll" to the image you're booting from

I boot with lilo...just tried appending irqpoll but still no joy

bioe007 · 06-22-2007, 01:14 PM

do you get any usb entries in /dev ?

is rc.udev executable? ( ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc.udev )

CartersAdvocate · 06-22-2007, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bioe007

do you get any usb entries in /dev ?

No, nothing shows up in dev for any usb devices

Quote:

is rc.udev executable? ( ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc.udev )

Yep, sure is

CartersAdvocate · 06-23-2007, 01:56 AM

Well, I don't know exactly what the problem is, but it's fixed. I copied the config from the huge26 kernel off the DVD and it works fine with that config. Now I just gotta start going through and taking out stuff I'm not using so it's not quite so bloated. Thanks to all for the assistance.

eddyvp · 06-23-2007, 10:39 AM

try modprobe uhci_hcd

greetings,
eddyvp

bioe007 · 06-24-2007, 04:36 PM

it might be illuminating to 'diff huge26.config .config'