[SOLVED] External USB DVD+RW Drive mount problems

JimAdams · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 7

I could really use some help on this.

I am having problems attempting to use/mount my external pioneer DVR-SK12D DVDRW drive, dmesg reports the following:

i92guboj · Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject:

Try fdisk -l to see if it is detected under any other interface. As root.
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JimAdams · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 7

Here are the results of fdisk -l

i92guboj · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:36 am Post subject:

The things that I think you need into your kernel are:

-usbcore and at least one of uhci_hcd/ohci_hcd
-ehci_hcd if usb 2.0
-usb mass storage
-scsi support
-/dev/scsi legacy support (not sure, thou)
-scsi cdrom support

I never have tried an usb burner, so im not totally sure of what the issue could be, but I think that, maybe, you are missing the usb mass storage support. The kernel detects some kind of usb drive, but do not properly handle it for any reason. It is evident that the rest of the stuff is there, because you cant select scsi support without having the rest, so the only candidate is the mass storage driver. Check it out.
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JimAdams · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 7

here is my config i believe everything is there that should be though i did not see anything about /dev/scsi legacy in the kernel config menu, I have also boldfaced what i believe to be pertinent.

i92guboj · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

JimAdams · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 7

I'm at work right now I'll have to wait until 18:00 EST to try anything. I have tried a usb flash drive but receive the same issue, I just figured I'd best tackle one issue at a time. The issues are probably related so it will most likely be an issue of killing two birds with one stone. I setup my kernel per the instructions on the gentoo wiki for the Asus S5n for the most part so i think everything should be correct there. It is something probably obvious that I overlooked.

i92guboj · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject:

One thing you could do is compile these related things in modules, so you can manually load them one by one and see what the kernel says with dmesg. I'd try first with the flash drive, but the two thigs should really make no difference. Also try the uhci thing.

Just one thing, make sure that the kernel that you are using is the same that you just compiled. It would not be the first time that something similar happens. You can check the kernel compilation date by doing uname -a, and so make sure that the running kernel is the one that you compiled five minutes ago.
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JimAdams · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 7

I am such an idiot, uname -a reports a the kernel was compiled Apr 7, apparently when i was compiling and performing make install, i had been forgetting to mount /boot. I'll chalk this one up to my stupidity, thanks for all of your help 6thpink. As a warning to everyone else, do not repeat my mistake, make sure you mount /boot

i92guboj · Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject:

None to do with stupidity, I've given this same advice much times, and I know of it because some day it happened to me also, this has happened to us all at least once.

The really stupid thing would be to copy ntldr into /boot and try to use it as your linux kernel. Btw, glad you solved this anoying thing :wink:

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rush_ad · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject:

i have the same problem but i cant solve it.