On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 11:41:17PM +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: > Are you using grml 0.9? Well--I've done a dist-upgrade since I installed 0.8, so I guess the answer is....maybe? > > What's inside /etc/fstab? Nothing that looks vaguely USB-like: /dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hdb2 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 # /etc/fstab - static file system information # <filesystem> <mountpoint> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,noauto 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto users,noauto,exec 0 0 /dev/external /mnt/external auto users,noauto,exec,rw,uid=davros,gid=davros 0 0 /dev/external1 /mnt/external1 auto users,noauto,exec,rw,uid=davros,gid=davros 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0 /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0 # some other examples: # /dev/hda1 /Grml ext3 dev,suid,user,noauto 0 2 # //1.2.3.4/pub /smb/pub smbfs defaults,user,noauto,uid=davros,gid=davros 0 0 # linux:/pub /beer nfs defaults 0 0 # tmpfs /tmp tmpfs size=300M 0 0 # # Warning! Please do *not* change any lines below because they are auto-generated by rebuildfstab! # If you want to disable rebuildfstab set CONFIG_FSTAB='no' in /etc/grml/autoconfig! # Added by GRML /dev/hda2 none swap defaults 0 0 # Added by GRML /dev/hdb1 none swap defaults 0 0 # Added by GRML LABEL=/home /mnt/home ext3 noauto,user,dev,suid,exec 0 0 # /dev/hdb2 > What's in the syslog when you plug in the device? Dec 12 18:53:48 dalek kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.3: wakeup Dec 12 18:53:49 dalek kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 Dec 12 18:53:49 dalek kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #2 chosen from 1 choice Dec 12 18:53:49 dalek kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 12 18:53:49 dalek kernel: usb-storage: device found at 3 Dec 12 18:53:49 dalek kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: MK3006GAL Rev: BY10 Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: SCSI device sda: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB) Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 4a 00 00 Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: SCSI device sda: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB) Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 4a 00 00 Dec 12 18:53:54 dalek kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 12 18:53:56 dalek kernel: sda: sda1 Dec 12 18:53:56 dalek kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Dec 12 18:53:56 dalek kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete So looks like it's detected. Uh. Well spank my ass and call me Charlie...it worked! I think I had to load usb-storage manually and maybe didn't unload it. Anyway. Never mind, I guess :)