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01-10-2009, 06:14 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: lisboa
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 5
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usb disk cant be recognized
hi All,
i've just installed Ubuntu on my old Toshiba notebook (AMD 475MHz/512MB), until now it looks like this old notebook has a second life, but i'm having a problem: my usb pendisk cant be recognized!!
Any ideas please?
thanx
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01-10-2009, 06:19 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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Hi,
Open a terminal, then type
sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
Connect the usb pendisk and see what happens
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01-10-2009, 07:35 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: lisboa
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 5
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hi,
i did that, some messages came up, but i still cant recognize my usb disk...
ideas??
thanx
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01-10-2009, 07:38 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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It would help if you posted the messages. |
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01-10-2009, 07:54 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: lisboa
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 5
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I thought that you might say that!!!
i'm writing on another machine, so its difficult to copy-paste.
are you looking for any msg in particular?
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01-10-2009, 08:01 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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are you looking for any msg in particular?
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the messages concerning the usb
this is on my system:
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Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.627767] usb 7-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.768388] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.769191] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770246] usb-storage: device found at 3
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770246] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770246] usb 7-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6545
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770259] usb 7-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770266] usb 7-1: Product: DataTraveler 2.0
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770272] usb 7-1: Manufacturer: Kingston
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770277] usb 7-1: SerialNumber: 001D92A85EC35B8A08080078
Jan 10 15:01:57 cannabis chipcardd[3589]: devicemanager.c: 3373: Changes in hardware list
Jan 10 15:02:00 cannabis kernel: [28352.783205] usb-storage: device scan complete
Jan 10 15:02:00 cannabis kernel: [28352.787988] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Jan 10 15:02:00 cannabis udevd-event[18968]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:00 cannabis udevd-event[18970]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis /USR/SBIN/CRON[18972]: (logcheck) CMD ( if [ -x /usr/sbin/logcheck ]; then nice -n10 /usr/sbin/logcheck; fi)
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.223506] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 7936000 512-byte hardware sectors (4063 MB)
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.224222] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.224222] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.224222] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.228880] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 7936000 512-byte hardware sectors (4063 MB)
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis udevd-event[19581]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.228969] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.228969] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.228969] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.228969] sdc: sdc1 sdc2
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.294930] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis udevd-event[19612]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis udevd-event[19620]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:02 cannabis udevd-event[19720]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:02 cannabis udevd-event[19754]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:02 cannabis udevd-event[19756]: run_program: exec of program '/usr/bin/usbhdfix' failed
Jan 10 15:02:03 cannabis kernel: [28355.342874] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
Jan 10 15:02:03 cannabis hald: mounted /dev/sdc2 on behalf of uid 1000
Jan 10 15:02:03 cannabis kernel: [28355.458738] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
Jan 10 15:02:03 cannabis hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 1000
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Last edited by repo; 01-10-2009 at 08:03 AM.
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01-10-2009, 08:02 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: lisboa
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 5
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is there anything else i should try?
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01-10-2009, 08:09 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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you need to look if it is recognized, and where.
Quote:
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770266] usb 7-1: Product: DataTraveler 2.0
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770272] usb 7-1: Manufacturer: Kingston
Jan 10 15:01:55 cannabis kernel: [28347.770277] usb 7-1: SerialNumber: 001D92A85EC35B8A08080078
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Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.223506] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 7936000 512-byte hardware sectors (4063 MB)
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.224222] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.224222] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
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Here it is set as sdc
So you can mount it
sudo mkdir /mount
sudo mount /dev/sdc /mount |
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01-10-2009, 08:31 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: lisboa
Distribution: ubuntu
Posts: 5
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sudo mount /dev/sdc /mount[/QUOTE]
I get the msg "This device doesnt exist"
but if i run "lsusb"
i get : Bus 001 Device 002: ID 08ec:0008 M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers
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01-10-2009, 08:56 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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You need to look in the log file which device is used
On MY system it was sdc
Jan 10 15:02:01 cannabis kernel: [28354.224222] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
On your system it can be different
You could first try to install pmount
apt-get install pmount
remove the stick and reconnect it
This should automount it
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01-10-2009, 11:03 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Fedora40
Posts: 6,154
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Your mount command is not quite right.
You need to mount a partition, not the device and you probably also need to specify the filesystem type.
Try
Code:
mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mount
I assumed the device's filesystem is vfat and it is being seen as sdc - check your logfile after the device has been plugged in.
But maybe it is broken, my (k)ubuntus have auto-mounted USB disks automatically since about 6.06 |
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