Manually Mounting LaCie USB Device

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello All,

I've connected a LaCie usb device (http://www.lacie.com/us/index.htm) to my box (VL standard 5..
The system identifies the drive:

Code:

mtebeka@bugs:~ - 17:52 $ sudo /sbin/lsusb
Bus 4 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 
Bus 5 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 
Bus 3 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 
Bus 1 Device 6: ID 059f:0526 LaCie, Ltd
Bus 1 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 
Bus 2 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 
Bus 2 Device 3: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 2 Device 2: ID 0853:0100 

However I don't know how to mount the USB volume.

Code:

mtebeka@bugs:~ - 17:54 $ sudo mount -t autofs /dev/usbdev1.6 /mnt/usb/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/usbdev1.6,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Miki

[lagagnon]

Miki: vl-hot and udev should have already mounted that device for you within a couple of seconds of you plugging it in. Navigate to /mnt/vl-hot and it should be listed there somewhere... I think !

[Miki Tebeka]

No /mnt/vl-hot

How can I enable vl-hot?

[Miki Tebeka]

Some more information:

Code:

mtebeka@bugs:linux - 07:01 $ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1           60740       60801      498015   82  Linux swap
/dev/sda2   *           1       60739   487885986   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       60801   488384001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000431349760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243205 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sdc looks like it's the LaCie drive. However when I try to mount I get the same error:

Code:

mtebeka@bugs:linux - 07:03 $ sudo mount -t autofs /dev/sdc /mnt/usb/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

[stoichyu]

From the fdisk output, it doesn't seem to be formatted... (no partitions). Have you used it on other computers before?

[Miki Tebeka]

Yes, I can view it clearly from a Mac.

[The Headacher]

Try mounting without the -t autofs option, or with the correct filesystem type. What type of filesystem is on that drive?

[Miki Tebeka]

I wish I knew the file system type

Trying to mount without fs type gives an error:

Code:

mtebeka@bugs:~ - 14:35 $ sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt/usb/
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
mtebeka@bugs:~ - 14:35 $ echo $?
32

[uelsk8s]

try parted
parted /dev/sdc print

hopefully it will tell you what the partition format is

[nightflier]

Code:

mtebeka@bugs:~ - 14:35 $ sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt/usb/
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

You would need to specify a partition, like /dev/sdc1

[rbistolfi]

Perhaps the filesystem is HFS+?
You could try mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb

I dont know if the vl kernel has the hfs+ support compiled though

[stoichyu]

Perhaps the filesystem is HFS+?
You could try mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb

That is what the mac uses and according to google, it doesn't show up in fdisk so that's probably it.

I dont know if the vl kernel has the hfs+ support compiled though

It's compiled as a module so you may need to do a "modprobe hfsplus"