Re: Using a USB external enclosure with a PATA hard drive ?

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On 02/01/2010 01:43 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> 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
>    
# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/harddrive
mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist

# ls -l /dev/sdc*
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 32 2010-02-01 12:31 /dev/sdc


This hard drive was a install of FC10 boot hard drive and it has a;

/   partition
/home   partition

I do all my installs using those two partitions

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