[Quantian-general] Detect USB harddisk

Anne York york at zipcon.net
Wed May 16 14:19:39 UTC 2007


Try adding the drive (as root) to 
proc/partitions, then mounting  as usual.  

On Wed, 16 May 2007, David Hadley wrote:

DH > Hi,
DH > 
DH > My USB harddisk isn't being detected when I plug it in and turn it on.
DH > 
DH > I have found an answer to this problem somewhere online before, but when
DH > I try to use this solution again now, I'm getting an error (I could be
DH > forgetting something important).
DH > 
DH > I thought that from a root shell, I could type:
DH > modprobe usb-ohci
DH > and Quantian would detect my USB drive, but now when I try this I'm
DH > getting an error:
DH > [quote]
DH > /lib/modules/2.4.27-om-20040808/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-ohci.o:
DH > init_module: No such device
DH > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
DH > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
DH > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
DH > /lib/modules/2.4.27-om-20040808/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-ohci.o:
DH > insmod
DH > /lib/modules/2.4.27-om-20040808/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-ohci.o failed
DH > /lib/modules/2.4.27-om-20040808/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-ohci.o:
DH > insmod usb-ohci failed
DH > [/quote]
DH > 
DH > It could be that my memory of how I fixed this last time isn't accurate,
DH > but I'm pretty sure I remember something about usb-ohci!
DH > 
DH > Thanks in advance,
DH > Dave
DH > 
DH > 
DH > 
DH > -- 
DH > David Hadley
DH > Division of Community Health Sciences
DH > St George's, University of London
DH > Tel: 020 8725 1312
DH > 
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