Mount Massive Storage drive
Hi mates! I have a 120GB Massive Storage drive connected to my PC via USB 2.0. How can I mount its file system (NTFS) when working with linux?
I've tried unsuccessfully: mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb mount -t ntfs /dev/sda /mnt/usb mount -a /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb The hardware side seems to be well-configured. Help!! :confused: Thanks! :) |
Have you created a mount point as root in /mnt?
What is the proper device name given to your massive storage drive? |
First off, what kernel are you using? AFAIK USB 2.0 is only supported in the 2.5/2.6 kernels, so any regular distro using a 2.4 kernel would not suffice. As for how to mount it, I have personally never used a USB drive. I'm sure someone else will be able to help more than me.
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Well, I have the Kernel 2.4.20 wih USB 2.0 supported. I've created a directory in /mnt directory so it's /mnt/usb. The error I get everytime I try to mount my external usb drive is that sda1 or sda or whatever is not a valid block device...
When I execute the lsusb command the unit is recognize fine as you can see below: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 Interface bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x05e3 Genesys Logic, Inc. idProduct 0x0702 bcdDevice 0.02 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 1 USB TO IDE iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xc0 Self Powered MaxPower 96mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip) iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none wMaxPacketSize 64 bInterval 0 Language IDs: (length=4) 0409 English(US) Well, now you see the reach of my problem. Thanks to all. Please, let me know about any suggestion you might have. See you around! :p |
Try finding the exact device name with:
fdisk -l /dev/sda |
[roott]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
[root]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb [root]# fdisk -l /dev/sdc [root]# fdisk -l /dev/sdd [root]# fdisk -l /dev/sde ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! :mad: |
Have you formatted a filesystem correctly on it and created a partition?
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Sure! I've been working with it under Windows XP without any problem at all...:scratch:
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Just out of curiousity what is the output of the dmesg command related to the USB 2.0 controller and the USB hard drive.
Do you have all the necessary modules loaded? Check with lsmod. Wescosoft: You should create a new thread for your problem. |
you may find that the ntfs on /dev/sda has to be mounted as a specific partition on /dev/sda, such as /dev/sda4 in the case of vfat zip drives.
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Well, sorry for the delay mates...
Tincat2 thankx, I've tried what you suggested to me but it still doesn't work. Michaelk, below you have what you asked me for: dmesg command output (I can't put the whole trace seems it's too long and the post reply doesn't allow me to put it completely): I've skipped the beginning since it isn't very important ... ... etc... Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initializing RT netlink socket Starting kswapd Journalled Block Device driver loaded NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1 C2, 16 throttling states) pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 42) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:07.1 ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1840-0x1847, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1848-0x184f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio hda: IC25N020ATCS04-0, ATA DISK drive hdc: SD-R2102, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 blk: queue c03412e4, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hda: 39070080 sectors (20004 MB) w/1768KiB Cache, CHS=2432/255/63, UDMA(100) hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26 eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xce80b000, 00:08:02:2e:b8:8f, IRQ 11 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C' Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 177M agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro KT133 chipset agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xec000000 Via 686a audio driver 1.9.1 via82cxxx: timeout while reading AC97 codec (0xAA0000) via82cxxx: timeout while reading AC97 codec (0x800000) via82cxxx: timeout while reading AC97 codec (0xBC0000) ac97_codec: AC97 codec, id: ADS99(Unknown) via82cxxx: board #1 at 0x1000, IRQ 5 Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22 options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub Yenta IRQ list 0088, PCI irq11 Socket status: 30000020 uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1 uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1800, IRQ 9 usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb.c: registered new driver hiddev usb.c: registered new driver hid hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 16Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 32768) NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x1033, device 0x0035 PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) PCI: Enabling device 02:00.1 (0000 -> 0002) PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 02:00.1PCI: Enabling device 02:00.2 (0000 -> 0002) PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin C of device 02:00.2<6>kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 84k freed mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,3), internal journal Adding Swap: 457812k swap-space (priority -1) kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,2), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1. cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! Thanks to all for you great help!!:D |
Under /sbin/lspci, is device 02:00.x the USB 2.0 card? It doesn't look much like the card itself was recognized. Actually, what is the output of /sbin/lspci?
Cheers, Finegan |
Is the USB 2.0 onboard or PCI card?
I agree with finegan that it doesn't look like its being recognized. The module for USB 2.0 is echi. |
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