Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-25 Thread Bernardo Dal Seno
On 24/03/2008, Jörg Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I don't find any error or warning message about my sdc2, but from > device-mapper, in the kernel logs. > Mar 19 16:19:41 gandalf kernel: Filesystem "dm-0": Disabling barriers, not > supported by the underlying device This sounds as a

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-24 Thread Jörg Becker
On Sunday 23 March 2008 19:49, Bernardo Dal Seno wrote: > On 19/03/2008, Jörg Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also tried noauto in fstab an manually mount after boot. But with the > > same result: device is busy. > > Does any error or warning message appear in kernel logs? Either at > star

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-23 Thread Bernardo Dal Seno
On 19/03/2008, Jörg Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also tried noauto in fstab an manually mount after boot. But with the same > result: device is busy. Does any error or warning message appear in kernel logs? Either at startup, or when you try to mount the device? Happy Easter Bernardo

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-19 Thread Jörg Becker
On Wednesday 19 March 2008 19:15, Bob McGowan wrote: > Have you tried unmounting it, perhaps using the -n (don't write mtab) or > -f (force unmount, usually useful with unreachable NFS server mounts, > but who knows?). umount -n /dev/sdc2 umount: /dev/sdc2: not mounted umount -f /dev/sdc2 umount2

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-19 Thread Bob McGowan
Jörg Becker wrote: On Tuesday 18 March 2008 00:11, Bernardo Dal Seno wrote: Does "cat /proc/mount" produce the same result? -- Can you mount it read-only (-o ro)? mount /media/backup/: mount: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WDC_WD30_00JB-00KFA0_0-part2 already mounted or /media/backup busy sudo

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-19 Thread Jörg Becker
On Monday 17 March 2008 23:21, Ron Johnson wrote: > Maybe it's still spinning up during the first power-up attempt?  If > so, and it gets external power, maybe turn it on first? I tried it without success. Jörg

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-19 Thread Jörg Becker
On Tuesday 18 March 2008 00:11, Bernardo Dal Seno wrote: > Does "cat /proc/mount" produce the same result? > yes > Do you see any entry that you cannot identify as a disk you know > (beside the usual proc, sysfs...)? Maybe there is a node in /dev > referring to sdc with another name. > I think thi

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-17 Thread Bernardo Dal Seno
On 17/03/2008, Jörg Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot mount an usb hd when it was connected while switching on my machine. > The message is the famous "already mounted or busy". I found many things in > google, but nothing matches my problem. > > symptoms: > - device is detected on

Re: etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-17 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/17/08 12:04, Jörg Becker wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I cannot mount an usb hd when it was connected while switching on my machine. > The message is the famous "already mounted or busy". I found many things in > google, but nothing matches my

etch: cannot mount usb hd

2008-03-17 Thread Jörg Becker
Hello everyone, I cannot mount an usb hd when it was connected while switching on my machine. The message is the famous "already mounted or busy". I found many things in google, but nothing matches my problem. symptoms: - device is detected on startup (currently /dev/sdc with 3 partitions sdc1-