I have a Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB USB HDD. When I plug it in, sometimes it mounts, sometimes not. The drive is formatted with ext3 FS. I want to be able to fsck the disk but I don't know how to get a entry in /dev. The disk (when it works) shows up as /dev/sdb /dev/sdb1 How do I use the usb bus and device data to make a /dev/sdb entry so I can do a fsck? Thanks Dennis K [root@confianza ~]# lsusb Bus 002 Device 009: ID 0bc2:3000 Seagate RSS LLC /proc/bus/usb/devices shows T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 10 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0bc2 ProdID=3000 Rev= 0.00 S: Manufacturer=Seagate S: Product=FreeAgentDesktop S: SerialNumber= 6QG04X0Z C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver= E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms The error I get is a pop up that says Unable to mount drive DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. /var/log/messages shows the device connecting Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11 Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=3000 Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Product: FreeAgentDesktop Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Seagate Nov 27 12:50:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 6QG04X0Z Nov 27 12:50:17 localhost kernel: scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 100D PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sdb: sdb1 Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk Nov 27 12:50:18 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Nov 27 12:51:18 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11 Message from syslogd@localhost at Nov 27 12:51:23 ... kernel:journal commit I/O error Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: can't restore configuration #1 (error=-110) Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 11 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 163053647 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 20381698 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 48463874 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 52887554 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 62291974 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 62291975 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 62291976 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 62291977 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 86802434 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 90013698 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 207880271 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs warning (device sdb1): ext3_clear_journal_err: Filesystem error recorded from previous mount: IO failure Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs warning (device sdb1): ext3_clear_journal_err: Marking fs in need of filesystem check. Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs warning: mounting fs with errors, running e2fsck is recommended Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on sdb1, internal journal Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete. Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost hald: mounted /dev/sdb1 on behalf of uid 500 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sdb1): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=2, block=1027 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sdb1) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: IO failure Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost hald[2202]: forcibly attempting to lazy unmount /dev/sdb1 as enclosing drive was disconnected Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: Aborting journal on device sdb1. Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: journal commit I/O error Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost hald: unmounted /dev/sdb1 from '/media/backup' on behalf of uid 0 Nov 27 12:51:23 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12 Nov 27 12:51:24 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 27 12:51:29 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: can't set config #1, error -110 Nov 27 12:51:29 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=3000 Nov 27 12:51:29 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Nov 27 12:51:29 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Product: FreeAgentDesktop Nov 27 12:51:29 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Seagate Nov 27 12:51:29 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 6QG04X0Z ¡Todo sobre Amor y Sexo! 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