Error: I'm afraid this is the first I've heard of a "trackback" flavoured Blosxom. Try dropping the "/+trackback" bit from the end of the URL.

Thu, 19 Jan 2006

I cannot mount my 320gb external scsi hd
Here is the report from /var/log/syslog when I mount this drive:

Jan 19 07:50:25 localhost kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for <acronym title="Universal Serial Bus; United States of Bush">USB</acronym> Mass Storage devices Jan 19 07:50:25 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device found at 14 Jan 19 07:50:25 localhost kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jan 19 07:50:25 localhost kernel: hiddev96: <acronym title="Universal Serial Bus; United States of Bush">USB</acronym> HID v1.10 Device [Western Digital External HDD] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-1.2 Jan 19 07:50:26 localhost usb.agent[23682]: usbhid: already loaded Jan 19 07:50:26 localhost usb.agent[23701]: usb-storage: already loaded Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: Vendor: WD Model: 3200JB External Rev: 0112 Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 <acronym title="Megabyte">MB</acronym>) Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 <acronym title="Megabyte">MB</acronym>) Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost scsi.agent[23786]: sd_mod: loaded successfully (for disk) Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost udev[23833]: run_program: exec of program &#8216;/usr/share/usbmount/usbmount&#8217; failed Jan 19 07:50:30 localhost udev[23853]: run_program: exec of program &#8216;/usr/share/usbmount/usbmount&#8217; failed I noted the usbmount issue above, but I think I should still be able to type mount /ernest based on my fstab:

/etc/fstab

Here is my /etc/fstab proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/sda2 /ernest ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sr0 /media/extdvd udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 #