After doing some data clean I connected the ACOM Data external USB hard drive to my slackware box. I encountered behavior similar to how the software responded to my USB key. The device notifier gave me the same error message about not being able to mount the device. There were several pop-up notifications from the device notifier with about a 1-2 minute time lapse between occurrences. However, after doing:
- /sbin/fdisk -l
- /lsusb
- dmesg |grep sd
- tail -f /var/log/messages
I was able to verify that slackware had assigned
/dev/sdb as the device for the ACOM and the device had one NTFS partition on it. However, dmesg provided me with incorrect information by referring to the drive as a
sdc device. When attempting to mount using
/dev/sdc1, mount responds with:
"mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist".
I don't understand why the drive was listed with two different devices (especially since one doesn't exist). The fdisk command provided me with the correct device name.
I created a local profile sub-folder and attempted to mount the partition using the
/dev/sdb device. I encountered a permission denied error message but, I figured out that I needed the
-o uid=... gid=... parameters. I was able to access the drive in read/write mode and copied data from the Acom drive to the profile sub-folder. I didn't test writing to the drive.
I've added the responses from the commands below just in case it helps the OP or some other lucky Linux newbie, or anyone else wants to provide additional info.
dmesg |grep sd responds with:
Code:
86] sd 275:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239068.594994] sd 275:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[239073.833247] sd 276:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[239073.839196] sd 276:0:0:0: [sdc] 7774208 512-byte logical blocks: (3.98 GB/3.70 GiB)
[239073.844744] sd 276:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[239073.844752] sd 276:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 41 00 00
[239073.844756] sd 276:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239073.851552] sd 276:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239073.852844] sdc: sdc1
[239073.855765] sd 276:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239073.855773] sd 276:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[239227.895317] sd 277:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[239227.905821] sd 277:0:0:0: [sdc] 7774208 512-byte logical blocks: (3.98 GB/3.70 GiB)
[239227.907873] sd 277:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[239227.907881] sd 277:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 41 00 00
[239227.907884] sd 277:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239227.913985] sd 277:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239227.915172] sdc: sdc1
/sbin/fdisk -l responds with:
Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x68a368a3
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 7813119 3905536 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda2 7813120 85938175 39062528 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 * 85938176 164062270 39062047+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20673 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xda9f4a0e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 312575759 156287848+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
tail -f /var/log/messages response with:
Code:
Sep 30 09:44:42 p424slack1337 acpid: client connected from 5293[0:1000]
Sep 30 09:44:42 p424slack1337 acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Sep 30 09:44:42 p424slack1337 dbus-daemon: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.93" (uid=1000 pid=5356 comm="kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit]) interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement" member="SetPowerSave" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=1661 comm="/usr/sbin/hald))
Sep 30 09:50:30 p424slack1337 kernel: [262781.374098] NTFS volume version 3.1.
Sep 30 09:53:39 p424slack1337 kernel: [262971.239752] NTFS volume version 3.1.
Sep 30 10:11:00 p424slack1337 -- MARK --
Sep 30 10:31:00 p424slack1337 -- MARK --
Sep 30 10:51:00 p424slack1337 -- MARK --
Sep 30 11:11:00 p424slack1337 -- MARK --
Sep 30 11:31:00 p424slack1337 -- MARK --
I'm not sure what the last 5 lines mean, or if its good or bad. I'll google it later.
lsusb responds with:
Code:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 052: ID 0c0b:27e7 Dura Micro, Inc. (Acomdata) 3,5'' HDD case MD-231
