2009/2/26 Hugo Mills <hugo@???>:
Thanks James and Hugo for prompt replies.
> What command did you use to try mounting the filesystem? What
> errors did you get? Was there anything reported in /var/log/syslog (or
> /var/log/messages) as a result of you trying to mount the filesystem?
>
> Hugo.
>
I have reconnected the caddy so is now showing as sdd. It is formatted as VFAT.
root@vaio:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sdd /mnt/Caddy/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdd,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
root@vaio:~# tail /var/log/syslog
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.708099] sdd: sdd1
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.729181] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.729269] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi
generic sg3 type 14
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio NetworkManager: <debug> [1235648580.976228]
nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ieee1394_guid_50770e00071002_scsi_host').
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio NetworkManager: <debug> [1235648580.977962]
nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ieee1394_guid_50770e00071002_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0').
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio NetworkManager: <debug> [1235648580.979265]
nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ieee1394_guid_50770e00071002_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic').
Feb 26 11:43:01 vaio NetworkManager: <debug> [1235648581.051649]
nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_0050770e00071002_0_0').
Feb 26 11:43:01 vaio NetworkManager: <debug> [1235648581.101535]
nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_part1_size_80023716864').
Feb 26 11:46:34 vaio kernel: [ 4169.783852] FAT: invalid media value (0xb9)
Feb 26 11:46:34 vaio kernel: [ 4169.783863] VFS: Can't find a valid
FAT filesystem on dev sdd.
root@vaio:~# tail /var/log/messages
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.705509] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd]
156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.705669] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write
Protect is off
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.706603] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write
cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.707210] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd]
156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.707432] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write
Protect is off
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.708091] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write
cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.708099] sdd: sdd1
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.729181] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
Feb 26 11:43:00 vaio kernel: [ 3956.729269] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi
generic sg3 type 14
Feb 26 11:46:34 vaio kernel: [ 4169.783863] VFS: Can't find a valid
FAT filesystem on dev sdd.
Hope this helps.
--
Clive Woodfine
