USB disks

[Margaret Doll]

I am not sure that it has to be rebooted, but I wanted to make sure  
that this
was a permanent fix and not one that I would have to fight everytime the
system was rebooted.  The USB disk in question is supposed to be
permanently on the network.

On Jan 23, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Geofrey Rainey wrote:

> Interesting..do you mean Redhat has to be "rebooted" - this is a 2.4
> kernel you're talking about right?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Doll
> Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 11:36 a.m.
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: USB disks
>
> Geofrey,
>
> 	 I found the problem.
>
> 	RedHat has to be booted.  The USB disk cannot have any
> electrical current to the disk.
> Then connect the USB to the RedHat system.  Now plug the USB disk into
> the electrical current to turn it on.
>
> 	You will see the disk listed using
>
> lsusb
>
> 	Reboot your system and the USB disk is recognized as the old
> /dev/sdb again.
>
> 	I don't know why this works, but I am glad I have it working
> again.
>
> 	Thanks for all your  help.
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Geofrey Rainey wrote:
>
>> Try unplugging it, then type:
>>
>> # tail -f /var/log/messages
>>
>> Then plug it back in - you should see messages written to this file.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Doll
>> Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 10:54 a.m.
>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>> Subject: Re: USB disks
>>
>> Nope.  I just see the system disk.
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Geofrey Rainey wrote:
>>
>>> The device might have changed names - from /dev/sdb to /dev/sda/c/ 
>>> d/e
>
>>> etc
>>>
>>> Can you see the device with:
>>>
>>> # fdisk -l
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Doll
>>> Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 10:37 a.m.
>>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>>> Subject: USB disks
>>>
>>> I have a laCie auxiliary disk which has been working on a 2.4.21-53
>>> RedHat system.  The disk was accidently turned off  during the
>>> afternoon.  Now  I cannot get the  device recognized by  the system
>>> again.  The  system can't  open /dev/sdb.
>>>
>>> I was able to mount the disk on  a newer RedHat system, but I need  
>>> to
>
>>> get it working on the previous  system.
>>>
>>> What  should I do next?
>>>
>>>
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