On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Jim <mickeyboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/01/2010 11:58 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> 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 At least the drive is detected so that's good but I don't like the last two lines... > > It is a ide drive with a ext3 fs on it. > I tried to mount it. > > > # mount -t ext3 /dev/sdc /mnt/harddrive That's the first problem. /dev/sdc points to the drive, not a partition. Assuming the drive only has one partition you should use: # mount -t ext3 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/harddrive But that's an assumption. You can try "ls -l /dev/sdc*" to get a list of all partitions. Quick question, are you sure this drive is not using logical volume management? > Also tried a fdisk /dev/sdc; > > # fdisk /dev/sdc > > Unable to read /dev/sdc That's troubling as well, maybe a permission issue? Richard -- 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
