how to connect to an USB disk drive...

[Net Llama!]

On 07/07/03 16:59, Swapana Ghosh wrote:

> Hi
> 
> 
>>>Define "disk drive".  That can mean floppy, hard,
>>>CD, or tape drives. 
> 
> 
> It is a hard disk drive.
> 
> 
>>>Also, what brand/model is it?  Is it supported
>>>under Linux?  
> 
> 
> It is supported by Linux. Model etc i am sorry i can't
> provide , i am working remotely with this server. This
> is done by somebody else and i have no information
> regarding this only i heard it is a 200gb capacity of
> hard disk.
> 
> 
>>>Did you load 
>>>the appropriate modules to support it?  Did it ever
>>>work before under 
>>>Linux?  
> 
> 
> This is brand new hard disk. 

How do you know its supported under Linux?

>>>Did you mount the filesystem on the drive? 

It would be nice if you answered all my questions.

> 
>  >>Is there even a 
> 
>>>filesystem at all on the media in the drive?
> 
> 
> Yes there are other files system there . But USB drive
> is the first time it is attached. Here i am giving the
> present status of the server ....



> 
> --------------------------X---------------------
> [root at server root]# df

This is meaningless unless you attempt to mount the drive.  Have you tried 
that?  Did you load the correct modules?


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