Hi, Here is the output of 'dmesg' when I plug the device: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb-storage: device found at 2 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: DVDRAM GSA-4163B Rev: A103 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 5 usb-storage: device scan complete According to GNOME 'hwbrowser' application the device is located on /dev/scd0 but I can't still mount it. Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:31:53 -0400 From: Ryan <ryanag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: IDE to USB question To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <42B89559.6080009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed This seems very similar to my problem with the samera card reader being auto-detected in FC 3, not in FC 4. Stefan Held wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 21.06.2005, 10:56 -0500 schrieb Winston S. Percybrooks > B.: > >>Hi everybody, >> >>I've been a user of Fedora for almost a year and a half. Currently my >>laptop runs FC2 with a custom 2.6.11 kernel. Recently I try an IDE to >>USB case with a 80GB HDD and it works without problems, I could mount >>the partitions on the disk through /dev/sda*. Now I'm trying the same >>case but with a brand new LG DVD writer and I'm having some troubles. I >>can use the drive to burn CDs and DVDs (using cdrecord dev=0,0,0 ...) >>but I cannot use the drive to read any disk because mount says that none >>/dev/sd* device is valid. So, can any of you help me? I really need to >>know how to mount that "hidden" drive. Thanks in advance for your help. >> > > > What does /var/log/messages tell you about the device? > > >
