Dear all,

I have an external 20Gb Hard disk that is divided into 3 partition.
2 NTFS (compressed) and 1 Fat32.

I'm running suse 9.1 with 2.6 core.
The linux detects my hard disk but for some reason it could not mount it.

Here is a list of details I've compiled.

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Message
Could not enter folder /media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p1

Hard Disc(sda1)[/media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p1]
Hard Disc(sda5)[/media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p5]
Hard Disc(sda6)[/media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p6]
Hard Disc(sda7)[/media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p7]

Mount Details
/dev/hda5 on / type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)
/dev/hda1 on /windows/C type ntfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,gid=100,umask=0002,nls=utf8)
/dev/hdc on /media/cdrecorder type subfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss,procuid,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/hdb on /media/dvd type subfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss,procuid,iocharset=utf8)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p1 type subfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid)
/dev/sda6 on /media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p6 type subfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid)
/dev/sda5 on /media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p5 type subfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid)
/dev/sda7 on /media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p7 type subfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid)

Fstab Details
linux:/etc # tail fstab
/dev/hda5 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/hda6 swap swap pri=42 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0

Var/Log Messages
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda7.
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: hdb: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: hdb: packet command error: error=0x50
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: cdrom: open failed.
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev sda7.
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux submountd: mount failure, Invalid argument
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: VFS: Can't find a Minix or Minix V2 filesystem on device sda7.
Jul 13 00:36:05 linux kernel: subfs: unsuccessful attempt to mount media (256)
Jul 13 00:36:06 linux kernel: udf: registering filesystem
Jul 13 00:36:06 linux kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Jul 13 00:36:06 linux kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
Jul 13 00:36:06 linux submountd: mount failure, No medium found

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Please guide.
Thanks in advance.
KemikelX

Hello,

- You can try : fdisk -l /dev/sda
list all partitions on the drive + type
In your log, it shows 4 partitions in place of 3 (1,5,6,7) !!

- create new entries in the /media
/media/usb_drive_part1
/media/usb_drive_part2
/media/usb_drive_part3
it's easier to understand that /media/usb-storage-1200000101E889E0:0:0:0p7

- try a manual mount of the partitions of the drive (depending of the fdisk -l result's)

- create the entries in the /etc/fstab
Now, the system is detecting the usb drive and make a auto mount.

I hope this help you. (let me know)

Free_ouyo

I'll check it out and post the results