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Re: I can mount USB HD, but NOT USB Flash drive
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"john h. outlan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:31:08 -0400
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On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 10:40 +0430, Ali Yousefi Sabzevar wrote:
> Is your usb flash drive filesystem correct?
> Did you test it's NTFS filesystem?
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:32 AM, john h outlan <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>         
>         On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Hiisi <[log in to unmask]>
>         wrote:
>                 On 23 March 2011 02:35, john h outlan
>                 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>                 > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Hiisi
>                 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>                 >>
>                 >> On 23 March 2011 01:25, john h outlan
>                 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>                 >> > Hi....I'm using SL6 on laptop, and running most
>                 of my business from it.
>                 
>                 <--SNIP-->
>                 
>                 >
>                 > Thank you Hiisi!  Here is the output:
>                 >  [john@localhost ~]$ dmesg | tail -20
>                 > (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi,
>                 2700 mBm)
>                 
>                 <--SNIP-->
>                 > [john@localhost ~]$
>                 >
>                 >
>                 
>                 I don't see anything concerning the case in your
>                 output. Are you sure
>                 the device was plugged in before you entered the
>                 command? If yes, then
>                 probably the device is dead because your system does
>                 not detect it at
>                 all.
>                 HTH
>                 
>                 --
>                 Hiisi.
>                 Registered Linux User #487982. Be counted at:
>                 http://counter.li.org/
>                 
>                 
>                 --
>                 Spandex is a privilege, not a right.
>                 
>         
>         
>         Yes, it was plugged in alright.  I checked it on a windows box
>         and it's alive and well.  I can't get my 8 gig flash drive
>         recognized either.  I've logged in as root and can't get it
>         recognized that way either.  Here's some output:
>         
>         
>         [john@localhost ~]$ ls /dev/sd*
>         /dev/sda   /dev/sda2  /dev/sda6  /dev/sdb   /dev/sdc
>         /dev/sda1  /dev/sda5  /dev/sda7  /dev/sdb1
>         [john@localhost ~]$ su -
>         Password: 
>         [root@localhost ~]# ntfs-3g /dev/sdc /mnt/temp
>         Error opening '/dev/sdc': No medium found
>         Failed to mount '/dev/sdc': No medium found
>         [root@localhost ~]# ls /dev/sd*
>         /dev/sda   /dev/sda2  /dev/sda6  /dev/sdb   /dev/sdc
>         /dev/sda1  /dev/sda5  /dev/sda7  /dev/sdb1
>         
>         
>         sdb is my internal SSD drive, sda is my internal platter
>         HD....so sdc* should be my external ntfs drive.....any ideas?
>          This is a critical function and I'm out of ideas....could
>         there somehow be a package conflict?  Same exact problem with
>         my 8 gig flash ntfs drive.  I have usb 3.0/2.0 ports on my
>         laptop btw.


Thanks Joanne, Ali, Hiisi and Tim.  Since I unchecked USB 3.0 in the
BIOS everything suddenly mounts again like it should :)  So I guess the
obvious question is......:)

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