Mount USB drive on Ubuntu
Hi Guys,
I run Ubuntu 10.04 on Oracle VirtualBox.
I'm trying to mount an external USB drive.
This drive contains a 3rd party (linux based) application, that requires specific software to view on Windows (The CD has been lost and we can't get another from the vendor).
I've configured VirtualBox to recognise the USB device.
When I run lsusb I get the following in /var/log/messages
Nov 9 07:40:31 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 657.040304] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 22
Nov 9 07:40:32 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 657.640425] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
Nov 9 07:40:32 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 658.232294] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
Nov 9 07:40:33 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 658.576247] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 25
Nov 9 07:41:59 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 744.600510] __ratelimit: 6 callbacks suppressed
Nov 9 07:41:59 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 744.601990] atkbd.c: Spurious NAK on isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware directly.
But the drive isn't picked up:
root@ubuntu-server:~# df -kh
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 29G 3.7G 24G 14% /
none 750M 236K 750M 1% /dev
none 754M 100K 754M 1% /dev/shm
none 754M 132K 754M 1% /var/run
none 754M 0 754M 0% /var/lock
none 754M 0 754M 0% /lib/init/rw
root@ubuntu-server:~#
Is there a way to scan for new hardware (like kudzu or anaconda) in Ubuntu?
Thank you
I run Ubuntu 10.04 on Oracle VirtualBox.
I'm trying to mount an external USB drive.
This drive contains a 3rd party (linux based) application, that requires specific software to view on Windows (The CD has been lost and we can't get another from the vendor).
I've configured VirtualBox to recognise the USB device.
When I run lsusb I get the following in /var/log/messages
Nov 9 07:40:31 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 657.040304] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 22
Nov 9 07:40:32 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 657.640425] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
Nov 9 07:40:32 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 658.232294] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
Nov 9 07:40:33 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 658.576247] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 25
Nov 9 07:41:59 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 744.600510] __ratelimit: 6 callbacks suppressed
Nov 9 07:41:59 ubuntu-server kernel: [ 744.601990] atkbd.c: Spurious NAK on isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying access hardware directly.
But the drive isn't picked up:
root@ubuntu-server:~# df -kh
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 29G 3.7G 24G 14% /
none 750M 236K 750M 1% /dev
none 754M 100K 754M 1% /dev/shm
none 754M 132K 754M 1% /var/run
none 754M 0 754M 0% /var/lock
none 754M 0 754M 0% /lib/init/rw
root@ubuntu-server:~#
Is there a way to scan for new hardware (like kudzu or anaconda) in Ubuntu?
Thank you
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Although the suggestion didn't work in this case, it's still relevant when mounting external USB storage.
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Even when I power cycle the external harddrive, it only generates an entry in /var/log/messages
Oracle VirtualBox picks it up under: USB Device Filters.
Ubuntu auto-mounts my other USB drives... just this one that's not picked up.
I realise it could be an error with the drive/enclosure.
Is there a tool/cmd/script to scan for new hardware ?