On 02/01/2010 11:58 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jim<mickeyboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> FC 12-x86_64/kde >> >> I have a Acomdata external hard drive enclosure with a PATA hard drive >> set to Master. >> I want to just be able to read and write to it as a storage drive, lsusb >> sees the enclosure Acomdata but not the drive, what do I have to do to >> read/write to the hard drive ?? >> > Others may have better advice, but you can try unplugging the drive > then as root do "tail -f /var/log/messages" and plug the drive back > in. It may give you some hints as to what's going on. > > Richard > Thanks Richard. tail -f /var/log/messages ; localhost kernel: usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 localhost kernel: usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0c0b, idProduct=b157 localhost kernel: usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=10, Product=11, SerialNumber=3 localhost kernel: usb 2-3: Product: DMI USB2.0 Storage localhost kernel: usb 2-3: Manufacturer: DMI localhost kernel: usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 2009102609E0 localhost kernel: usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice localhost kernel: scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices localhost kernel: usb 2-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 localhost kernel: scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS localhost kernel: sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 localhost kernel: sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk localhost kernel: usb 2-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock localhost kernel: EXT3-fs (sdc): unable to read superblock It is a ide drive with a ext3 fs on it. I tried to mount it. # mount -t ext3 /dev/sdc /mnt/harddrive mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, missing codepage or helper program, or other error (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so # mount -t ext3 /dev/sgc /mnt/harddrive mount: special device /dev/sgc does not exist Also tried a fdisk /dev/sdc; # fdisk /dev/sdc Unable to read /dev/sdc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines