unable to mount external usb hard drive

What works, and doesn't, for you. Be specific, and please include Puppy version.
Post Reply
Message
Author
gaherzog
Posts: 9
Joined: Sun 11 Apr 2010, 20:32

unable to mount external usb hard drive

#1 Post by gaherzog »

puppy 5.2.8 on a new LT4004u netbook unable to mount external hard drive wd IDE 80GB does not show up on desktop puppy is booting from sdb flash drive windows 7 is on on sda1

does show here as sdc:
sh-4.1# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1698 13631488 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1698 1710 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1710 38914 298834944 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 7948 MB, 7948206080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 966 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 966 7759363+ b W95 FAT32
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite)

Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
251 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9884 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15813 * 512 = 8096256 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 1859 14691328 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 1859 5641 29902849 5 Extended
sh-4.1#


sh-4.1# dmesg | tail
sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] 156301488 512-byte logical blocks: (80.0 GB/74.5 GiB)
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: sdc1 sdc2 < >
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
sh-4.1#

how can I retrieve data from this disk? and perhaps use it as external hd?
thanks

User avatar
rcrsn51
Posts: 13096
Joined: Tue 05 Sep 2006, 13:50
Location: Stratford, Ontario

#2 Post by rcrsn51 »

Run Gparted and check Drive sdc. What does it say?

gaherzog
Posts: 9
Joined: Sun 11 Apr 2010, 20:32

#3 Post by gaherzog »

partition=unallocated
file system=unallocated
size=74.53GiB

User avatar
rcrsn51
Posts: 13096
Joined: Tue 05 Sep 2006, 13:50
Location: Stratford, Ontario

#4 Post by rcrsn51 »

gaherzog wrote:partition=unallocated
file system=unallocated
size=74.53GiB
That's why Puppy can't mount it.

When did it last work? What data is on it?

I was going to suggest that you try to mount it in Windows. But if the partition table shows it as Linux, that's probably not going to work.

gaherzog
Posts: 9
Joined: Sun 11 Apr 2010, 20:32

#5 Post by gaherzog »

it was in my former pc which died about 10 days ago. I got a brief message about a cpu failure due to overclocking; then nothing. not even the flash screen. I removed 2 hard drives; one sata and one lde. The sata works via usb, the ide does not. the ide has most of the data on it. The loss of the data is not a major consequence, but it is a major irritation.

gaherzog
Posts: 9
Joined: Sun 11 Apr 2010, 20:32

#6 Post by gaherzog »

Is the data recoverable? Is the drive salvageable?

any ideas anyone?

User avatar
Karl Godt
Posts: 4199
Joined: Sun 20 Jun 2010, 13:52
Location: Kiel,Germany

#7 Post by Karl Godt »

http://www.logilink.eu/showproduct/AU0006C.htm

Adaptor i use : needs usb-storage driver loaded . To change attached drives, usb-storage has to be unloaded to be able to refresh /proc/partitions .

Post Reply