[NTLUG:Discuss] kernel message

[joseph beasley]

The usb drive will be seen as a scsi device, similar to the usb
keychains that are out.  To mount it you would use the following.

Assuming it is seen as sda1.  mount /dev/sda1 /mountpoint.

To unmount it, just umount /mountpoint.

--- Val Harris <val.harris at comcast.net> wrote:
> I've been thinking about buying a USB drive.  Does anyone have
> any recmmendations as to what's good and what's not?  Also,
> back to the original question, how do I mount/unmount it
> cleanly?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Val
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> Val W. Harris              val<dot>harris<at>comcast<dot>net
> 
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> 
> Ted wrote:
> > Here's a FWIW.  I will NOT buy any drive but IBM or WD.  Best 
> > reliability.  Based on thousands of purchases.
> > 
> > Ted
> > 
> > At 12:33 PM 1/14/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> > 
> >> On Wednesday 14 January 2004 12:11 pm, David Ross wrote:
> >> > Could someone point me too what this error means?
> >> > Googling says it may be a HD going bad,but it is brand new.
> >> > [root at localhost]# tail /var/log/messages
> >> > kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> >> > kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
> >> > ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed
> >> >
> >> > Brand new Maxtor 40 gig HD with fresh install of Mandrake 9.2
> >> > Everything works perfect except for this error
> >> >
> >> > [root at localhost]# hdparm -v /dev/hda
> >> >
> >> > multcount = 16(on)
> >> > IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
> >> > unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> >> > using_dma = 1 (on)
> >> > keepsettings = 0 (off)
> >> > readonly = 0 (off)
> >> > readahead = 8 (on)
> >> > geometry = 4998/255/63, sectors = 80293248, start = 0
> >> >
> >> > David
> >>
> >> Sorry ,but i found out it's my USB pocket drive not unmounting
> properly
> >> When i plug it in an icon shows up on the desktop,but when i go to
> 
> >> unmount
> >> it says permission denied.So i've just been unplugging it.Do i
> need an 
> >> entry
> >> in fstab to be able to unmount?
> >> David
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