Hi all I have a 200 GB extenal hard drive with USB interface. I have the following entries in /etc/fstab
/dev/sda /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sda5 /usbdrive/ent1 auto rw,users,noauto 0 2 /dev/sda7 /usbdrive/ent2 auto rw,users,noauto 0 2 /dev/sda1 /usbdrive/linux_backup auto rw,users,noauto 0 2 /dev/sda6 /usbdrive/software auto rw,users,noauto 0 2 /dev/sda2 /usbdrive/windows_backup auto rw,users,noauto 0 2 where sda1 is ext3 formatted. When I boot the computer, I can mount a partition by mount /dev/sda1 I was sending a large file from another machine to this partition, the rsync transfer failed with the following message $rsync -e ssh -avzp rajuhomebackup_040403.tgz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usbdrive/linx_backup/home_backups/ building file list ... done rajuhomebackup_040403.tgz rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 16385 bytes: phase "unknown": Broken pipe rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(515) So, I went back my original machine and unmounted the /dev/sda1 partition. Now when I try to mount the partition again, I am getting the following errors. $mount /dev/sda1 mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified $sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /usbdrive/linux_backup/ mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device But if I reboot the computer the usb drive can be mounted without any problems. Now my questions are 1) Why is the rsync process giving errors? 2) Is the 200gb USB drive faulty? I can use it in windows and everything works like a charm. But in linux I have this weird problem of booting everytime I want to mount the partition Using debian sid $uname -a Linux kusumanchi 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Mon Sep 13 23:29:55 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux cat /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=05 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 8 B: Alloc= 0/800 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.8-1-386 ehci_hcd S: Product=Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.7 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=256ms T: Bus=04 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.8-1-386 uhci_hcd S: Product=Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.3 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 93/900 us (10%), #Int= 1, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.8-1-386 uhci_hcd S: Product=Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.2 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=045e ProdID=0039 Rev= 3.00 S: Manufacturer=Microsoft S: Product=Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 4 Ivl=10ms T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.8-1-386 uhci_hcd S: Product=Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.1 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.8-1-386 uhci_hcd S: Product=Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.0 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms $lsmod Module Size Used by uinput 6144 0 usbvideo 27524 0 videodev 9856 1 usbvideo usbserial 27240 0 mtouchusb 5632 0 audio 42240 0 snd_mixer_oss 16640 0 nvidia 2072712 14 af_packet 20872 2 ipv6 229764 8 ds 17796 4 lp 10408 0 binfmt_misc 11272 1 8139cp 19072 0 snd_intel8x0m 18632 0 snd_intel8x0 33068 0 snd_ac97_codec 59268 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 85384 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 23172 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 11144 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm gameport 4736 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 23204 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 7944 1 snd_rawmidi snd 50660 9 snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device shpchp 87148 0 pciehp 83948 0 pci_hotplug 30640 2 shpchp,pciehp intel_agp 20512 0 intel_mch_agp 10000 1 agpgart 31784 3 intel_agp,intel_mch_agp irtty_sir 8320 0 sir_dev 18092 1 irtty_sir irda 167360 2 irtty_sir,sir_dev crc_ccitt 2432 1 irda parport_pc 31936 1 parport 37320 2 lp,parport_pc floppy 54992 0 pcspkr 3816 0 ehci_hcd 27908 0 eth1394 19976 0 i810_audio 33300 1 ac97_codec 16908 1 i810_audio soundcore 9824 4 audio,snd,i810_audio 8139too 23936 0 mii 4864 2 8139cp,8139too crc32 4608 2 8139cp,8139too yenta_socket 19200 0 pcmcia_core 63028 2 ds,yenta_socket ohci1394 32004 0 joydev 9536 0 sd_mod 20480 0 capability 4872 0 commoncap 7168 1 capability ide_scsi 15492 0 tsdev 7168 0 mousedev 9996 2 evdev 9088 0 uhci_hcd 29328 0 usbmouse 5504 0 psmouse 17800 0 usb_storage 59072 0 usbhid 28864 0 usbkbd 6912 0 usbcore 104164 12 usbvideo,usbserial,mtouchusb,audio,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usbmouse,usb_storage,usbhid,usbkbd gadgetfs 17676 0 net2280 21900 1 gadgetfs sr_mod 15780 0 sbp2 22408 0 scsi_mod 115148 5 sd_mod,ide_scsi,usb_storage,sr_mod,sbp2 ieee1394 100408 3 eth1394,ohci1394,sbp2 ide_cd 38176 0 cdrom 35740 2 sr_mod,ide_cd rtc 12088 0 ext3 109544 4 jbd 54552 1 ext3 ide_generic 1664 0 piix 12448 1 ide_disk 16768 6 ide_core 125156 6 ide_scsi,usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_generic,piix,ide_disk unix 25908 260 font 8576 0 vesafb 6688 0 cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3200 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3712 1 vesafb $lsusb Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:0039 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 thanks in advance raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi Cornell University http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
