Charles philip Chan wrote:

Varghese Mathew writes:

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Can someone help me out with getting this (and I have another usb hard disk with 2 NTFS partitions) device mounted and usable.

Is it showing up when you do a

fdisk -l

?

Charles

Hi Charles, Nope, it's not showing when I do "fdisk -l" -Varghese -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Charles philip Chan wrote:

1. What is the output of:

lsusb

after you plug the device in?

2. What is the output of

fdisk -l

before and after you plug the device in?

Hi Charles, The following are the outputs, before and after plugging in the device - Varghese opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # ############################################### opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # # Before plugging in the device opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # ############################################### opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 42.9 GB, 42949672960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000ba2a6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 64 514048+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 65 5221 41423602+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 85.8 GB, 85899345920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10443 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00043717 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 10443 83883366 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdc: 42.9 GB, 42949672960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xde976d8c Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 5221 41937682 83 Linux opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # ############################################## opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # # After plugging in the usb opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # ############################################## opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # lsusb Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 42.9 GB, 42949672960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000ba2a6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 64 514048+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 65 5221 41423602+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 85.8 GB, 85899345920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10443 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00043717 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 10443 83883366 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdc: 42.9 GB, 42949672960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xde976d8c Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 5221 41937682 83 Linux opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Varghese Mathew writes:

Additionally, when I try run the "usbview" command, I get the error.

""" Cannot open the file /proc/bus/usb/devices

Put this line: ,---- | usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 `---- in your /etc/fstab and do a: ,---- | mount usbfs `---- Charles

Rajko M. wrote:

If yes see thread [opensuse] Virtualbox USB Support on http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/

Is that USB drive in virtual machine (VirtualBox)? It's on a virtual machine. not virtual box, but vmware. The usb drive is a physical usb drive though. I'm trying to find any thread that matches.

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Rajko M. wrote:

Next would be to create udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d that will create and mount device when it is attached.

Hi Rajko I'm not very familiar with udev.. How do I create the rules stated above ? Can you help Thanks Varghese -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Rajko M. wrote:

On Sunday 24 February 2008 10:25:29 am Varghese Mathew wrote:

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Rajko M. wrote:

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Next would be to create udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d that will create and mount device when it is attached.

Hi Rajko

I'm not very familiar with udev.. How do I create the rules stated above ? Can you help

With udev rules I often tap in the dark :-(

I already added some rules, but I was using some existing rule as template, look in 'man udev', 'man hald' and related articles to find what has to be chaged, if that was not clear from template.

Later today I'll update 10.3 installation in VirtualBox and try to make my USB work. I need it for printer. After making this work I would have base idea what was wrong and this may help create rule for pendrive.

I hope that Charles will come up with some idea.

Ok, thanks Rajko. I'll man on udev and hald and see if I can find something. -Varghese -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 24 February 2008 03:28:39 pm Rajko M. wrote:

On Sunday 24 February 2008 12:51:29 pm Varghese Mathew wrote:

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Rajko M. wrote:

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With udev rules I often tap in the dark :-(

I already added some rules, but I was using some existing rule as template, look in 'man udev', 'man hald' and related articles to find what has to be chaged, if that was not clear from template.

Later today I'll update 10.3 installation in VirtualBox and try to make my USB work. I need it for printer. After making this work I would have base idea what was wrong and this may help create rule for pendrive.

I hope that Charles will come up with some idea.

Ok, thanks Rajko. I'll man on udev and hald and see if I can find something.

Please check hal utilities. For instance hal-addon-storage to add usb drive. You can see what is recognized/configured with 'hald' using 'lshal'. They have respective manual pages.

Just found this: http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html and I'm going to play a bit. -- Regards, Rajko. See http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Varghese Mathew writes:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp.

Strange, lsusb is showing the device, but fdisk is showing nothing (I presume you have 3 hard drives attached to your computer). What is the output of: lsmod | grep usb ? Charles

Varghese Mathew writes:

opensuse103-vm:/home/varmathe # lsmod | grep usb usb_storage 80780 0 ide_core 122948 1 usb_storage usbcore 123372 3 usb_storage,uhci_hcd scsi_mod 140376 6 usb_storage,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,BusLogic,libata

Strange, the mass storage modules are loaded. Have you used this drive before on another machine? I wonder if it is a hardware problem.

""" Cannot open the file /proc/bus/usb/devices

Verify that you have USB compiled into your kernel, have the USB core modules loaded, and have the usbdevfs filesystem mounted. """

Answered in another post. Charles

Varghese Mathew writes:

yes, i've been using this device on the host windows box for some time.

Hum. this is getting stranger by the minute.

That fixed the issue with usbview; now usbview lists the device as mass storage device under UHCI Host Controller

Yes, just like it is showing up in lsusb. I have no idea why nothing is showing up with fdisk. IIRC, you are doing this under vmware- I wonder if this is a vmware problem. I have no experience with vmware- I need to do some research. Just to be sure, you do have 3 hard drives attached to your computer? Charles

Varghese Mathew writes:

is there some way I can use mknod or something to create the /dev/<> node for the usb device ? I was expecting to have a /dev/sdd node with which I can mount the usb device, but

udev should have taken care of that. I don't know what is wrong, but there is no harm trying manually: ,---- | mknod /dev/sdd b 8 48 | mknod /dev/sdd1 b 8 49 `---- Charles