Antonio wrote: > 2007/10/14, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 09:42 +0200, Antonio wrote: >>> if my Fedora would read the label (LACIE in Windows) ........ :-) >>> >>> And if I issue a mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt i can read my Folders.....so >>> device is not empty. >>> Another LACIE drive (not same model...) works fine >> You aren't trying to connect two drives at the same time with the same >> volume name? > > Of course not!!! I connected the external USB drive to two different > PC with no other USB drive >> Just to see what happens, if you can, connect the problem drive to the >> Windows box, and rename it. Now, see if it works in Linux. >> >> > > Funny: it did the trick.....renaming label was sufficient to have my > USB disk appearing on my Linux boxes....it is a kind of magic, isn't > it??? WAG - could HAL be keeping tract of the disk ID/LABEL and not mounting a different disk with the same label? Do you know how long it was between unplugging one drive with the LACIE label and plugging in the next one? It sure sounds like a HAL bug. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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