Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
/var/log/messages shows:
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02:0 wakeup
Howver, I cannot find my USB harddisk anywhere, not on /mnt nor on /media
Any idea? bye
Ronald
Two or three thing to try. I have had headaches with SuSE 9.2 and several different kernels. Try "lsusb" and confirm the device is seen by the the USB system. It seems your is seen. Try "lsmod" and confirm (fit it to your system) usb_storage 67584 1 scsi_mod 83016 4 usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,sr_mod usbcore 103868 5 usbserial,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd sg 30048 0 * sd_mod 13264 2 * sr_mod 13796 0 * NOTE: Likely not needed - these are for a CD burner Entry in /etc/fstab. Remember you do need a "mount point" or directory location ( /media/sda1 ) in my case. See the FHS for information on mounting removable devices. /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 subfs fs=auto,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 Lastly try rebooting and then mounting it within 15 seconds. I am not sure about the time but this has solved my mounting headaches. If you go away ( good title for a song! ) say for 15 minutes and come back this system always reports it is not a valid block device. This is a SuSE hotplug issue. " mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 " Once mounted try "df" Mine always shows 2 entries - goodness knows why? /dev/sda1 13678872 9069748 4609124 67% /media/sda1 /dev/sda1 13678872 9069748 4609124 67% /media/sda1 After all this it works like a charm. -- 73 de Donn Washburn Hpage: " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " 307 Savoy St. HAMs: " n5xwb@arrl.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador LL# 1.281.242.3256 " http://counter.li.org " #279316