Slackware 10.2 Cannot mount USB HD (external)

beowulf71 · 06-11-2006, 10:24 AM

Sry but Linux noob!Unable to mount my External HD!

HD is fat32

80 GB Samsung

No prob with Debian,Ubuntu etc.but Slackware has one.

What i cannot understand is ,in QT parted there is my
HD shown but...only there

Is there anyway to make an automount script or so?
Or can i edit hotplug (looking for an howto)

Please help

LG Beowulf

Alien Bob · 06-11-2006, 01:36 PM

Slackware does not know the concept of automatically mounting plugged-in USB devices or inserted CDROM media.

If you search this forum, you might find solutions from people who have written hotplug or udev scripts, or found other ways. Or maybe you will find nothing at all.

Eric

Nylex · 06-11-2006, 01:38 PM

When you say that Slackware has a problem mounting your drive, you really need to tell us what the problem is. I'm not sure if you just mean that the problem is to do with automounting, or if you can't mount it manually. If the latter, please give details so we can help.

beowulf71 · 06-11-2006, 02:35 PM

Sry bout bad thread.(and no propper Englsih too)

The problem is that i cannot mount it anyway manual.

oot@slackbox:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
keybdev 1892 0 (unused)
hid 20868 0 (unused)
usbmouse 1880 0 (unused)
snd-pcm-oss 36736 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 12376 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
mousedev 4020 1
usb-storage 62432 0 (unused)
input 3200 0 [keybdev hid usbmouse mousedev]
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
usbcore 59148 1 [hid usbmouse usb-storage uhci]
8139too 13928 1
mii 2272 0 [8139too]
crc32 2880 0 [8139too]
snd-ca0106 15012 1
snd-ac97-codec 58556 0 [snd-ca0106]
snd-pcm 54344 1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ca0106 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer 13764 0 [snd-pcm]
snd 32772 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ca0106 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
snd-page-alloc 4712 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-ca0106 snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
soundcore 3396 4 [snd]
ide-scsi 9392 0
agpgart 45508 0 (unused)

here it is with lsmod but cannot mount and cannot use it.

also a little prob with my mouse (the mousewheel doesnt work)
Its also an USB.

Thanks guys for answering

LG Michael

Alien Bob · 06-11-2006, 03:10 PM

Does the command

Code:

fdisk -l

show anything related to your USB disk (like, sda1?)

As for the mouse scroll wheel, you'll probably have to edit the "mouse" section in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file - it should look somewhat like

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1" 
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"     "auto"
    Option "Device"       "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Buttons"      "5"
EndSection

You might need IMPS2 instead of auto for the protocol, depending on the mouse type.
The line

Code:

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

is the essential one.

Eric

beowulf71 · 06-11-2006, 03:19 PM

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 9733 78172290 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/hda: 4311 MB, 4311982080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 524 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 62 497983+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 * 63 524 3711015 83 Linux

Thats it but how to mount and to toch it.
LG Mike

Alien Bob · 06-11-2006, 03:27 PM

Basic knowledge... but you are excused because you come from one of the obfuscating distros :-)

Code:

mkdir /mnt/usbdisk
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdisk

Or like this if other people than root should be able to write to that disk:

Code:

mkdir /mnt/usbdisk
mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdisk

Eric

cwwilson721 · 06-11-2006, 03:32 PM

Try

Code:

mkdir /mnt/usbdrive
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive

That will mount it.
You can add a line like

Code:

/dev/sda1       /mnt/usbdrive       auto        auto,users,rw    1   2

to your /etc/fstab file

***EDIT Eric, you're too quick.
Use Eric's post above (Forgot the unmask)

beowulf71 · 06-11-2006, 03:46 PM

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks real a Lot to U !!!

I m absolute Linux Beginner (cause I m interested in it and hate MS Winbugs)
A friend told me to start with Gentoo or Slackware .First seemed little bit too hard but i try it next time on a second machine.Slack is great I think. Also took a look on Ubuntu and Co but thats nothing for me .

So thanks for helping me (great forum 2 probs solved at the same day! at others i would get loughet at cause I m new in Linux)

THX Mike

Alien Bob · 06-11-2006, 03:54 PM

Welcome to the Slackware forum then!
We too are quite frolicky people here, but we do not forget everyone was a Linux newbie once. If you're serious with trying to solve your problems then you'll find many people who will seriously help you out.

Eric