Hello all: I am having trouble mounting a usb disk with a gpt partition table with no success. My kernel is compiled with gpt support: ,---- | ~> grep EFI_ /usr/src/linux/.config | CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y `---- According to the kernel log, my system is seeing the disk and partitions: ,---- | Sep 18 01:07:39 MagnusOpus kernel: usb-storage: device found at 10 | Sep 18 01:07:39 MagnusOpus kernel: usb 1-5.6: New USB device found, idVendor=4971, idProduct=ce17 | Sep 18 01:07:39 MagnusOpus kernel: usb 1-5.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 | Sep 18 01:07:39 MagnusOpus kernel: usb 1-5.6: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge | Sep 18 01:07:39 MagnusOpus kernel: usb 1-5.6: Manufacturer: JMicron | Sep 18 01:07:39 MagnusOpus kernel: usb 1-5.6: SerialNumber: 000000000003 | Sep 18 01:07:39 MagnusOpus kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 34 00 00 00 | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 34 00 00 00 | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sdf: sdf1 sdf2 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 | Sep 18 01:07:40 MagnusOpus kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete `---- However, none of the partions are showing up in /dev: ,---- | ~> ls /dev/sdf* | /dev/sdf `---- If I create the node manually and try to mount it, it just hangs there. According to GNU parted, here are the partitions: ,---- | # parted /dev/sdf print | Model: Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (scsi) | Disk /dev/sdf: 1000GB | Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B | Partition Table: gpt | | Number Start End Size File system Name Flags | 1 20.5kB 210MB 210MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, , , , , , , , , , , | 2 211MB 1000GB 1000GB ntfs Basic data partition , , , , , , , , , , , `---- What could be the problem? Thanks for you help in advance. Charles -- "...and scantily clad females, of course. Who cares if it's below zero outside" (By Linus Torvalds)