-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ken Schneider wrote: | On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 15:56, Adolph & Sharon Weidanz wrote: | | | That won't work because sda would be the entire disk -not- a partition. | You can only mount partitions. | | What does dmesg show after plugging in the drive? | | Also what does the last line of my signature say! Sorry hit the reply instead of reply all... from the last part of dmesg: nitializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices ~ Vendor: Model: Rev: ~ Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 2 USB Mass Storage support registered. Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 1541017267 512-byte hdwr sectors (789001 MB) ~ sda:SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 1 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 3 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 4 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 5 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 6 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 7 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 1 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 3 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 4 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 5 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 6 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000000 Current sd08:00: sense key None ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 7 usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout hub.c: USB device not accepting new address (error=-71) usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented scsi: device set offline - command error recover failed: host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 6050000 ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 1541017264 ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 1541017265 ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 1541017264 ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ~ I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ~ unable to read partition table usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-2 address 2 hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 3 usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-71) hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 4 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 4 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-2 address 4 hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 5 usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-71) hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 6 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 6 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-2 address 6 hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 7 usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=7 (error=-71) hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 8 usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=8 (error=-71) parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] lp0: using parport0 (polling). parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] parport0: irq 7 detected Non-volatile memory driver v1.2 parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] lp0: using parport0 (polling). ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) WARNING - no ppa compatible devices found. ~ As of 31/Aug/1998 Iomega started shipping parallel ~ port ZIP drives with a different interface which is ~ supported by the imm (ZIP Plus) driver. If the ~ cable is marked with "AutoDetect", this is what has ~ happened. end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 - -- Adolph & Sharon Weidanz '78 43' Endeavour Ketch S/V Time To Paws -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+DdRlC+PSm9+eB0RAnjYAKCjkPS00zDYBGWHSYjRw5Upf6GEUwCeN0aY lyMgWhTvOG25xFOfUcTb+co= =XqUP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----