Hi readers, helpers and all

Since I'm migrating from windows to Fedora C.3 I have a BUSLINK "semimobile" USB hard drive. and Sincerly I don't have a clue how to make it work, I know I have to mount it, so I created a directorty under /mnt/ named usbdrive

But I'm in complete darkness in the steps preceding that.

I've look for drivers in their [BUSLINK] website, but no word of Linux anywhere.

Any sugestions, help, guidance will be much appreciated..

Best Regards

I'm not sure what driver exactly your usb hdd needs, but usually this is what you need to do (so give it a shot):
First plug it in and check what it says in /var/log/syslog. If everything is already setup correctly, you should get an entry there and it should tell you that it is attached now as sda (or sdb, etc).
If that doesn't happen, post the error message you get once you plug it in (like missing module). If you get the missing module message, make sure usb-storage is loaded (`modprobe usb-storage`).
If you get that all ok, you need to create an entry in /etc/fstab like the following:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive auto user,noauto 0 0

Hope that helps, try some of the things and report back.

No luck finding Syslog but I found a file named /var/log/dmesg containing the Boot output

And this is all what it came -the content in this file- for USB Devices
...
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
...
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
...
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
usb 1-2.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-2.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: Disabling reads from problem bidirectional printer on usblp0
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Unidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x0404
usbcore: registered new driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
...
I also checked if the syslog service was running and it was..

Was your hdd already plugged in when you boot?
I think the general log file under Fedora is /var/log/messages, check there please. Easiest way is tail -n 0 -f /var/log/messages in a console, then plug in and copy&paste what appears.

Yes the device was On and connected when booted, I did it that way, becaused I whished to be recognized, installed and c onfigured when booting but no such luck.

This is the last minute message...
Message found...

Apr 5 18:12:09 localhost kernel: usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8

Are you sure that is the only message you get when you plug the hdd in? Usually there are a couple of lines...
Also, did you make sure usb-storage was loaded (modprobe usb-storage)?

Yeap thats the only one...

about the modprobe this is the outcome
# modprobe usb-storage
#

don't know if this means loaded, no errors or the other way around.

No output means no errors, and you can confirm that it is loaded by 'lsmod', which should list it then.
On the downside, I'm not sure why your hdd is not recognized then. In general, most USB hdd's run with usb-storage just fine. Do you remember if you needed special drivers for windows? If you installed some, try connecting the HDD on another PC where they are not installed - if the drive works w/o drivers, then it will also work with usb-storage.