HI all I have a few hard drives that I connect to my system with an usb to ide cord. some of the drives mount right away but some others don’t below example.
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 14
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: scsi15 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb-storage: device found at 14
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0718
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb 1-3: Product: USB Storage
Oct 24 11:10:04 linux-b21t kernel: usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 000000000033
Oct 24 11:10:05 linux-b21t kernel: scsi 15:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB TO I DE/SATA Device 0041 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Oct 24 11:10:05 linux-b21t kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk
Oct 24 11:10:05 linux-b21t kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
Oct 24 11:10:05 linux-b21t kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
I tried the following:
localhost:~ # mount /dev/sg7 /media/mnt/
mount: /dev/sg7 is not a block device
localhost:~ # mount -t ntfs /dev/sg7 /media/mnt/
Error reading bootsector: Illegal seek
Failed to sync device /dev/sg7: Invalid argument
Failed to mount ‘/dev/sg7’: Illegal seek
localhost:~ # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sg7 /media/mnt/
Error reading bootsector: Illegal seek
Failed to sync device /dev/sg7: Invalid argument
Failed to mount ‘/dev/sg7’: Illegal seek
The hard drives that mount, mount into sdf1 Also the ones that don’t mount, mount on win with no problems… Any ideas???
Of all of the verbage shown, this line does indicate the /dev/sdf1 might be correct:
Oct 24 11:10:05 linux-b21t kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk
When you used the following command, do you really have a folder called /media/mnt?
mount /dev/sg7 /media/mnt/
I have a folder called /media & one called /mnt, but not the one you used. Further, I might not use the /media folder at all as this might mess up the normal auto mounting stuff. Why not try this command if you have this folder:
sudo mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt
The /dev/sg7 does not look correct, /media/mnt would not normally exist, /media/mnt/ should not end with the slash & you need root access to mount anything. I don’t know if partition sdf1 is valid or not as well.
localhost:~ # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf /media/mnt/
Failed to read bootsector (size=0)
Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdf’: Invalid argument
The device ‘/dev/sdf’ doesn’t have a valid NTFS.
Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? Or the other way around?
localhost:~ # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf1 /media/mnt/
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdf1’: Invalid argument
The device ‘/dev/sdf1’ doesn’t have a valid NTFS.
Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? Or the other way around?
localhost:~ # mount /dev/sdf1 /media/mnt/
mount: /dev/sdf1 is not a block device (maybe try `-o loop’?)
I didn’t post it since this is usually how I mount the ones that work.
lol i love the varbage part, and yes you are right but since I had tried sdf and it didnt work I figured I put the rest of the verbage just to make sure I wasnt missing anything.
Also I had created a “mnt” and an “iso” dir on my media directory for mounting purposes, so yes the folder does exist.