I recently purchased a Western Digital 1TB usb drive. I can mount and read/write to it on my other machines. I have tried to mount it to my Linhes box without success. The device is seen by the system using lsusb
Code:
[root@kb-hes ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1f4d:9016 G-Tek Electronics Group
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1058:0740 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0471:0815 Philips (or NXP) eHome Infrared Receiver
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 13d3:3304 IMC Networks
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1f4d:9016 G-Tek Electronics Group
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1058:0740 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0471:0815 Philips (or NXP) eHome Infrared Receiver
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 13d3:3304 IMC Networks
But not with fdisk -l
Code:
[root@kb-hes ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00036f83
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 20482047 10240000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 20482048 24610815 2064384 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 24610816 1953525167 964457176 83 Linux
[root@kb-hes ~]#
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00036f83
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 20482047 10240000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 20482048 24610815 2064384 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 24610816 1953525167 964457176 83 Linux
[root@kb-hes ~]#
Nor is it seen with blkid
Code:
[root@kb-hes ~]# blkid -o list -c /dev/null
device fs_type label mount point UUID
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1 ext4 / fe4a8039-3696-4759-9ac4-08b1b60c7db6
/dev/sda2 swap <swap> 6515e43f-c36f-413d-acf5-4ae10a0ad386
/dev/sda3 ext4 /myth 8e49d9f0-c718-4043-9d4d-abc34b4ea16d
[root@kb-hes ~]#
device fs_type label mount point UUID
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1 ext4 / fe4a8039-3696-4759-9ac4-08b1b60c7db6
/dev/sda2 swap <swap> 6515e43f-c36f-413d-acf5-4ae10a0ad386
/dev/sda3 ext4 /myth 8e49d9f0-c718-4043-9d4d-abc34b4ea16d
[root@kb-hes ~]#
I have tried reformatting it to ext4, then back to ext3 and setting permissions for everyone and his dog but it remains mostly invisible to Linhes. I can't think of anything else to try.
Solved
It was a permissions problem. I mounted the drive on another machine and then executed (with the appropriate path):
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /media/mountpoint
After that the drive showed up in Linhes.
