Re: Re: HP USB Mass Storage device issue

From: Anthony Tippett (atippett_at_sports-it.com)
Date: 02/27/05

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To: nala@kc.rr.com

    Brady,

    When running cfdisk -z I get the following error:

     FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive
                                      Press any key to exit cfdisk

    The only scsi device that hotplug created was /dev/sda (no other sd?)

    version of linux: Linux act 2.6.7-1-k7

    I think that the /dev/sda is being created incorrectly but i'm not
    sure. Unfortunately, I have been unable to install udev because all the
    kernel's above 2.6.7 give me an error when I try to run them and udev
    requires 2.6.8+

    Perhaps I should be working on this problem before I start into this one.

    btw, here's a listing of my mount, does it look incorrect to anyone?
    /dev/hde2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
    proc on /proc type proc (rw)
    sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
    devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
    tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
    /dev/hda1 on /media/hda1 type xfs (rw)
    usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
    /dev on /.dev type unknown (rw,bind)
    none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,size=5M,mode=0755)
    nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)

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    > I'm having issues trying to partition/mount an usb device. The device
    > is a HP usb digital drive (looks like a small memstick). If anyone
    > can help or has suggestions please let me know.
    >
    > When I insert the device into the usb it is registered with hotplug:

    > Feb 26 19:15:30 act kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi8,
    > channel 0 , id 0, lun 0

    > However, when I try to partition the disk it says "No medium found".

    > Here's my information from /proc

    Try 'cfdisk -z' on it and see what you get.

    Barring that, take a look at other drives. Mine have been known to show
    up as one thing in the logs and end up somewhere else. They've also been
    known to skip devices, so I have sda, sdb, sde, sdf and so forth instead
    of having them in order. This varies, so they might end up in order and
    they might not.

    Try 'fdisk -l /dev/sd?' changing '?' to a letter to designate the
    device. 

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