2007/10/13, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > I purchased a 80GB hi-speed Hard drive (USB2.0), but when I plug it, I > > get only (from lsusb) > > Bus 005 Device 007: ID 04b4:6830 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. USB-2.0 IDE Adapter > > > > and from var/log/messages : > > > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Hitachi > > HTS541680J9AT00 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 156301488 512-byte > > hardware sectors (80026 MB) > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: > > write through > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 156301488 512-byte > > hardware sectors (80026 MB) > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: > > write through > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sdb: sdb1 > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk > > Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 > > Well that is perfectly fine as far as it goes -- it is recognized as a > Mass Storage Class Driver device and SCSI partitions are allocated. > > # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt > > for example should mount it at /mnt > > If the issue is it doesn't trigger the mounting GUI stuff, I guess that > is down to the hal or udev stuff that I don't really understand much > about at the moment. > > -Andy > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Tnx Andy. Of course if you use the command mount what is mounted is only for root, that is not exactly the meaning why people buy USB disk!!! -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag