Re: How to access external USB hard drive?

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Apparently, _Matt Perry_, on 24/12/04 22:12,typed:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Darryl Clarke wrote:
>
>
> > Maybe? I can not confirm that. All I know is that it manages my usb
> > devices and it works for my 4 USB2 HDs.  At least it's easy to remove
> > if it doesn't work ;)
> >
> > I can say that they use SCSI emulation, so maybe some scsi modules are missing.
> > I have sd_mod (scsi disk) and scsi_mod (base scsi support) loaded
>
>
> Hmm.  Still not working.  I've never used the USB ports on this
> motherboard before so I'm suspecting that I have a hardware problem.
> Oh well.  Thanks for your help.  Looks like I might be upgrading
> soon.  :-)


What does /var/log/syslog report when you plug in the USB hard disk 
(right after when you plug in the USB disk). If there is nothing, then 
you may need to load prpoper USB modules.

If I were you, I would prefer writing a udev rule (I can help with that 
if you wish) and make a mount point something like /media/usb-hd so that 
whenever I plug in the hd it gets automatically mounted at /media/usb-hd.

->HS