Re: USB hard disk
From: WareKala (mika.vesa_at_pp3.inet.fi)
Date: 05/19/04
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:53:12 GMT
Wed, 19 May 2004 10:46:04 +0000, Domenico De Felice kirjoitti:
> Hello,
> I have an externel hard disk given me by a friend who use it on his laptop.
> Unfortunately I don't know the hard disk vendor/name since it isn't wrote
> anywhere.
> My problem is, have I to mount it as every other usb-storage device?
> I tried to mount it in the same way I do with my digital camera but mount
> reply me that either /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 aren't valid block devices.
>
> Does this happen due to hardware incompatibility? Or it happens because I
> should mount/use it in a different way?
>
> Thanks in advance
You should plug the hard disk to the computer and in the console
check with "dmesg" did the kernel recognize it. The kernel should
also report which device in /dev/ it is using.
-WareKala
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