[Quantian-general] Detect USB harddisk

[David Hadley]

Thanks for the tip, Anne, but I'm not sure what you mean by this as I
haven't done that before - would you be able to spell out for me how I
add something to proc/partitions?

As I mentioned, I believe the problem can be solved with one statement
on the command line, something like modprobe usb-ohci. I'd appreciate it
if anyone could shed light on that method too.

Thanks,
Dave

David Hadley
Division of Community Health Sciences
St George's, University of London
Tel: 020 8725 1312


Anne York wrote:
> 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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