LinuxQuestions.org
Latest LQ Deal: Latest LQ Deals
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Hardware
User Name
Password
Linux - Hardware This forum is for Hardware issues.
Having trouble installing a piece of hardware? Want to know if that peripheral is compatible with Linux?

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 11-25-2005, 11:53 AM   #1
niikos
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Sep 2005
Posts: 3

Rep: Reputation: 0
Problem with External Firewire HDD


hello ,

i have bought recently an Vipower enclosour and an toshiba 2.5'' hard disk.
This combination seems to work fine under Windows as a fat32 partition.
When i try to mount it under my Suse 9.3 64 bit i get the following error :

"mount /dev/sdb1
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
"

at the fstab i have : "/dev/sdb1 /home/nic/vipower vfat noauto,users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0"

when i type: dmesg | tail i get :

elab11:/home/nic # dmesg | tail
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
FAT: invalid media value (0x40)
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1

Also if i use the cfdisk or fdisk to format the drive it crashes and do nothing.Even if i press ctrl-C nothing happens. I used Yast2 and PArtitioner to create a new partition i get the error:
"Operation not permitted at /dev/sdb .. "


Has anybody a clue?

Last edited by niikos; 11-25-2005 at 01:28 PM.
 
Old 11-26-2005, 06:19 AM   #2
niikos
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Sep 2005
Posts: 3

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
Does have anybody firewire external hdd?

The device has also usb2 , but when i connect it trough it i didnt see it with the command lsscsi ....
 
Old 11-28-2005, 03:23 AM   #3
niikos
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Sep 2005
Posts: 3

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
..the device had problem.. i hope with the new one i would not have anything bad to deal with
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Linux on mac external firewire HDD chfong Linux - Newbie 2 02-25-2005 01:23 AM
firewire or usb 2.0 for external hdd jfall Linux - Hardware 1 02-24-2005 03:38 AM
250GB external HDD via FireWire port asaba Linux - Hardware 0 01-19-2005 07:01 AM
Accessing files from WindowsXP NTFS external firewire hdd... shmegegge Linux - Newbie 19 10-05-2004 06:05 AM
How do I go into my External Firewire HDD? WhiteTornado Linux - Hardware 3 11-13-2003 04:07 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Hardware

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:28 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration