2007/10/13, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > And that's your new drive (unless you happen to have another 80 gig > drive on your system). But it's the same /dev/sdb that you showed us > mentioned in your /var/log/messages file. yes, it is my new drive..... > > It has a Windows file system set as the partition type, though that > doesn't also mean that it's been formatted. That's a separate issue. > You could have an unformatted drive, you *can* have a partition type > that's different from the file system its formatted with. But what I > think is more likely is that it is formatted, but doesn't have a volume > name. Without one, automatic mounting is less likely to occur. With a > bit of fiddling about, mtools can be used to name the drive. Or, a > simple approach is to plug it into a Windows box, and rename the drive. > > If you're certain that this is your new drive, and it is empty, you > could use the mkfs command to format the drive and give it a device > name, at the same time. An advantage with formatting a new drive is > that you can use the check feature, to check the drive for errors. It's > better to find out if it has any now, than six months later when > something important disappears. > After this message, I plugged this USB HD to a Window PC: it was not empty, because I had already loaded some files (MP3) and iw worked also connected to my car set. Furthermore it showed up as LACIE (In Windows I mean...), so I think that I don't to relabel this volume > Do you want it formatted with a Windows filing system? It's not the > best choice if you only use Linux systems. You can reformat it with a > Linux file system (e.g. ext3). > > See the man file for the mkfs command, it'll also refer to some other > related commands for making different types of file systems. On my > system, there's at least these ones: > > mkfs mkfs.ext2 mkfs.msdos mkfs.vfat > mkfs.cramfs mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ntfs > > When you plug in a file with a volume label, you can expect to find it > mounted inside /mnt, using the volume label as the directory name. > > e.g. /mnt/laciedrive if "laciedrive" was the label for that drive. > > -- > that is the normal operation when I connect an external USB drive ..... Something else has to be investigated. -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag
