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My Western Digital external harddrive...

Asked by SuzCreamChees

I am really need some help here....I am very new to Ubuntu so, please bear with me. I have a Western Digital 1 TB external usb hdd. I have managed so far to get it to be recognized, but it says I dont have access to it....I cant look inside it, I cant save anything to it. I have looked at other postings similar to this and nothing has worked. I have tried to use GParted and whenever I try to partion it it tells me that it basically doesnt exist. Please, let me know what other kind of information I need to give you for you to be able to help me. I would really appreciate whatever help that I can get!

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neHru (leon-omfg) said : 		#1

Hmm, I'm not that good with these kind of problems, but if you have the drive disconnected, do a
# ls /dev |egrep "hda|hdb|sda|sdb"
What do you see? You should see just one sda or hda (and output with numbers behind it) for only one hardrive

Then, connect the external harddrive, and check again. If you see only one extra hda/hdb or sda/sdb, try formatting the disk using fdisk.

If you dont see anything, or fdisk does not work, there seems to be something wrong with driver or whatever, and I myself wont be able to help you...

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Allen Chemist (alchemist) said : 		#2

If you format it using fdisk, it will erase everything on the drive -- ensure that is what you want to do before doing it!

Is it a brand new drive with nothing on it, or are you bringing it from Windows, and it has a bunch of your files on it?

The above command "ls /dev/ |egrep ..." should be typed into a Terminal, which you can get by clicking Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

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neHru (leon-omfg) said : 		#3

well, he tried to partition the drive earlier, so I hope it doesnt have any data left on it...
but perhaps indeed a good idea to mention it again :-)

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SuzCreamChees (suzcreamchees) said : 		#4

I hope that this didnt get put in twice....but, it WAS a drive with stuff on it brought from Windows, now its probably empty. I tried the fdisk thing earlier and that at least got it recognized, I was using this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive , So, now its telling me I need to have root access or something like that. Any suggestions?

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neHru (leon-omfg) said : 		#5

Well, most programs involving a disk do need root priviledge. Root is the "Superuser" account, which (normally) is the only account which is able to eg. modify a harddrive.

If you are using a terminal getting you that message, could you paste exactly what you tried? Also check if you are in the "admin" group, by issueing the command "id -a" (you should be by default if you installed with the normal livecd for only your user). You need to be in the admin group to use the "sudo" command, which will let you issue commands as your own user as if you are the root user.

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SuzCreamChees (suzcreamchees) said : 		#6

OK so now it isnt even recognizing the hard drive again. Its not even there. I have absolutely no idea what to do anymore...HELP!

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neHru (leon-omfg) said : 		#7

Try to dis- and re-connect it... then try the above. Also, see if anything shows up in the end of the command "dmesg", and paste it here...

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SuzCreamChees (suzcreamchees) said : 		#8

[ 10.467126] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module.
[ 10.492756] ACPI: SSDT 7F693176, 0202 (r1 PmRef Cpu0Ist 3000 INTL 20050624)
[ 10.492968] ACPI: SSDT 7F692B0C, 05E5 (r1 PmRef Cpu0Cst 3001 INTL 20050624)
[ 10.493256] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
[ 10.493259] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
[ 10.493262] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-3 state
[ 10.493266] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
[ 10.493271] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
[ 10.493483] ACPI: SSDT 7F693378, 00C4 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Ist 3000 INTL 20050624)
[ 10.493673] ACPI: SSDT 7F6930F1, 0085 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Cst 3000 INTL 20050624)
[ 10.493996] ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
[ 10.494002] ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states)
[ 3.308000] Marking TSC unstable due to: possible TSC halt in C2.
[ 3.312000] Time: hpet clocksource has been installed.
[ 3.312000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM] (54 C)
[ 3.772000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 3.772000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 3.772000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 3.772000] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
[ 3.772000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 3.772000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
[ 3.772000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 3.772000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 3.772000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 19, io base 0x00006f20
[ 3.772000] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.772000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.772000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.836000] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 3.844000] libata version 2.21 loaded.
[ 3.876000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 3.876000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
[ 3.876000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 3.876000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 3.876000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 20, io base 0x00006f00
[ 3.876000] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.876000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.876000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.980000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 3.980000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
[ 3.980000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 3.980000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 3.980000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 19, io base 0x00006f80
[ 3.980000] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.980000] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.980000] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 4.084000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 4.084000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
[ 4.084000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 4.084000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 4.084000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 20, io base 0x00006f60
[ 4.084000] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.084000] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.084000] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 4.188000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 4.188000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
[ 4.188000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 4.188000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 4.188000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 21, io base 0x00006f40
[ 4.188000] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.188000] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.188000] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 4.292000] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.2
[ 4.292000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 4.292000] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: nr_ports (3) and implemented port map (0x5) don't match
[ 4.328000] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 4.492000] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.500000] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -361836841 ns)
[ 4.744000] usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 4.912000] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.916000] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 4.916000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 4.924000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
[ 4.924000] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
[ 4.924000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 4.932000] input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input2
[ 4.932000] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2
[ 4.932000] scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 4.932000] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 4.932000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 4.932000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 4.932000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 4.944000] input: USB Mouse as /class/input/input3
[ 4.944000] input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
[ 4.944000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 4.944000] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 5.296000] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 3 ports 3 Gbps 0x5 impl SATA mode
[ 5.296000] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq pm led clo pio slum part
[ 5.296000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
[ 5.296000] scsi1 : ahci
[ 5.296000] scsi2 : ahci
[ 5.296000] scsi3 : ahci
[ 5.296000] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8806900 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 17
[ 5.296000] ata2: DUMMY
[ 5.296000] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8806a00 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 17
[ 5.780000] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 5.780000] ata1.00: ATA-8: FUJITSU MHW2120BH, 00850012, max UDMA/100
[ 5.780000] ata1.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 8: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[ 5.780000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 6.088000] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 6.088000] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA FUJITSU MHW2120B 0085 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 6.088000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 6.088000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
[ 6.088000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 6.088000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[ 6.088000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
[ 6.088000] PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
[ 6.088000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 21, io mem 0xfed1c400
[ 6.092000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[ 6.092000] usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 6.092000] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 6.092000] hub 6-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB)
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB)
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 6.096000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 6.096000] sda: sda1
[ 6.124000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 6.128000] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 6.196000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 6.196000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
[ 6.196000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 6.196000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[ 6.196000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[ 6.196000] PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
[ 6.196000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 19, io mem 0xfed1c000
[ 6.200000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[ 6.200000] usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 6.200000] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 6.200000] hub 7-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[ 6.208000] usb 4-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 6.304000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:01.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 6.356000] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[18] MMIO=[fe5fd800-fe5fdfff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/4]
[ 6.360000] b44.c:v1.01 (Jun 16, 2006)
[ 6.360000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 6.364000] eth0: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:1c:23:91:30:b1
[ 6.364000] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.11
[ 6.364000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 6.364000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.1 to 64
[ 6.364000] scsi4 : ata_piix
[ 6.364000] scsi5 : ata_piix
[ 6.364000] ata4: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma 0x00016fa0 irq 14
[ 6.364000] ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x00010170 ctl 0x00010376 bmdma 0x00016fa8 irq 15
[ 6.424000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 6.424000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 6.596000] usb 7-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 6.700000] ata4.00: ATAPI: PIONEER DVD+/-RW DR-K17Y, 0.95, max UDMA/33
[ 6.732000] usb 7-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 6.736000] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 6.736000] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 6.736000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 6.740000] input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input4
[ 6.740000] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-2
[ 6.888000] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33
[ 6.888000] ata5: port disabled. ignoring.
[ 6.896000] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM PIONEER DVD+-RW DR-K17Y 0.95 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 6.896000] scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 6.924000] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 7.300000] usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 7.464000] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 7.480000] input: USB Mouse as /class/input/input5
[ 7.480000] input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
[ 7.636000] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[4a4fc00031564981]
[ 11.736000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 11.736000] scsi 6:0:0:0: Enclosure WD My Book Device 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 11.740000] scsi 6:0:0:1: Direct-Access WD My Book 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 11.740000] scsi 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 13
[ 11.740000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[ 11.744000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 11.744000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[ 11.744000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 11.744000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[ 11.744000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 11.744000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[ 11.744000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 11.744000] sdb: unknown partition table
[ 11.760000] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 11.760000] sd 6:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 13.712000] Linux agpgart interface v0.102 (c) Dave Jones
[ 13.716000] agpgart: Detected an Intel 965GM Chipset.
[ 13.716000] agpgart: Detected 7676K stolen memory.
[ 13.728000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xe0000000
[ 13.740000] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 13.740000] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 14.152000] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[ 14.152000] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[ 14.152000] sdhci: SDHCI controller found at 0000:03:01.1 [1180:0822] (rev 22)
[ 14.152000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:01.1[B] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 14.152000] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xfe5fd400 irq 22 DMA
[ 14.188000] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[ 14.220000] ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[ 14.220000] ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <email address hidden>
[ 14.280000] ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.2mp.ubuntu1
[ 14.280000] ipw3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 14.284000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0c:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 14.284000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:0c:00.0 to 64
[ 14.284000] ipw3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
[ 14.296000] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input6
[ 14.304000] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 14.304000] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 14.304000] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 14.348000] usbcore: registered new interface driver xpad
[ 14.348000] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c: driver for Xbox controllers v0.1.6
[ 14.544000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 14.544000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
[ 14.632000] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.3, id: 0x1a0b1, caps: 0xa04793/0x300000
[ 14.632000] serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0
[ 14.672000] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input7
[ 15.808000] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode...
[ 16.200000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
[ 16.812000] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode...
[ 20.432000] hda_codec: No auto-config is available, default to model=ref
[ 27.676000] hda-intel: no codecs initialized
[ 27.676000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1b.0 disabled
[ 27.860000] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 27.936000] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[ 29.252000] No dock devices found.
[ 29.328000] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[ 29.380000] input: Lid Switch as /class/input/input8
[ 29.380000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 29.380000] input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input9
[ 29.380000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PBTN]
[ 29.396000] input: Sleep Button (CM) as /class/input/input10
[ 29.396000] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SBTN]
[ 29.420000] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
[ 29.448000] ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 29.460000] ACPI: Video Device [VID1] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 29.460000] ACPI: Video Device [VID2] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 30.848000] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 30.988000] audit(1195530644.111:3): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a" denied_mask="a" name="/dev/tty" pid=5045 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
[ 31.028000] apm: BIOS not found.
[ 31.340000] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module.
[ 31.576000] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
[ 31.576000] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 31.576000] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 31.576000] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 31.600000] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
[ 31.600000] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 31.672000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 31.672000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 31.672000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
[ 34.016000] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[ 34.016000] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[ 36.248000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 37.012000] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 37.016000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 37.016000] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
[ 37.704000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 37.704000] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 37.704000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[ 48.408000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 63.220000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 63.228000] EXT3 FS on sdb, internal journal
[ 63.228000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 229.888000] usb 7-2: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 229.948000] scsi 6:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[ 229.948000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
[ 229.948000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb
[10596.300000] usb 7-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[10596.432000] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[10596.432000] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[10596.432000] usb-storage: device found at 4
[10596.432000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[10601.432000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[10601.432000] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access HDT72252 5DLAT80 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
[10601.436000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[10601.436000] sdb: sdb1
[10601.456000] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[10601.456000] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[10968.944000] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 4
[11011.344000] usb 7-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[11011.484000] usb 7-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[11011.484000] scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[11011.484000] usb-storage: device found at 5
[11011.484000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[11011.492000] input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input11
[11011.492000] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-2
[11016.484000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[11016.484000] scsi 8:0:0:0: Enclosure WD My Book Device 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[11016.488000] scsi 8:0:0:1: Direct-Access WD My Book 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[11016.488000] scsi 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 13
[11016.492000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[11016.492000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[11016.492000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[11016.492000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11016.492000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[11016.496000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[11016.496000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[11016.496000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11016.496000] sdb: unknown partition table
[11016.512000] sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[11016.512000] sd 8:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[11016.760000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[11016.768000] EXT3 FS on sdb, internal journal
[11016.768000] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[11016.768000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[11050.000000] usb 7-2: USB disconnect, address 5
[11050.040000] scsi 8:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[11050.040000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 1545
[11050.040000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb
[11050.040000] scsi 8:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[11050.040000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 1545
[11050.040000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb
[11050.040000] scsi 8:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[11050.040000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
[11050.040000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb
[11076.528000] usb 7-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[11076.660000] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[11076.660000] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[11076.660000] usb-storage: device found at 6
[11076.660000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[11081.660000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[11081.660000] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access HDT72252 5DLAT80 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[11081.660000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[11081.664000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[11081.664000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
[11081.664000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11081.664000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[11081.664000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[11081.664000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
[11081.664000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11081.664000] sdb: sdb1
[11081.684000] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[11081.684000] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[55030.144000] usb 7-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
[55030.284000] usb 7-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[55030.288000] scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[55030.288000] usb-storage: device found at 7
[55030.288000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[55030.292000] input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input12
[55030.292000] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-2
[55035.288000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[55035.288000] scsi 10:0:0:0: Enclosure WD My Book Device 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[55035.292000] scsi 10:0:0:1: Direct-Access WD My Book 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[55035.292000] scsi 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 13
[55035.292000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[55035.296000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[55035.296000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[55035.296000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[55035.300000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[55035.304000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[55035.304000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[55035.304000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[55035.304000] sdc: unknown partition table
[55035.312000] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[55035.312000] sd 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[55035.868000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[55035.868000] EXT3 FS on sdc, internal journal
[55035.868000] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[55035.872000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[56702.428000] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 6
[56748.312000] usb 7-2: USB disconnect, address 7
[56748.348000] scsi 10:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[56748.348000] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 1545
[56748.348000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc
[56748.348000] scsi 10:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[56748.348000] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 1545
[56748.348000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc
[56748.348000] scsi 10:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[56748.348000] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 1545
[56748.348000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc
[56748.348000] scsi 10:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device
[56748.348000] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0
[56748.348000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc
[60086.964000] usb 7-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
[60087.100000] usb 7-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[60087.104000] scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[60087.104000] usb-storage: device found at 8
[60087.104000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[60087.108000] input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input13
[60087.108000] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-2
[60092.104000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[60092.104000] scsi 11:0:0:0: Enclosure WD My Book Device 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[60092.108000] scsi 11:0:0:1: Direct-Access WD My Book 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[60092.108000] scsi 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 13
[60092.112000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[60092.112000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[60092.112000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[60092.112000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[60092.116000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[60092.116000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[60092.116000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[60092.116000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[60092.116000] sdb:
[60092.124000] sd 11:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[60092.124000] sd 11:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[60410.972000] usb 7-2: USB disconnect, address 8
[60424.584000] usb 7-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
[60424.720000] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[60424.724000] scsi12 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[60424.724000] usb-storage: device found at 9
[60424.724000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[60424.728000] input: Western Digital My Book as /class/input/input14
[60424.728000] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Western Digital My Book] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-1
[60429.724000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[60429.724000] scsi 12:0:0:0: Enclosure WD My Book Device 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[60429.728000] scsi 12:0:0:1: Direct-Access WD My Book 104a PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[60429.728000] scsi 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 13
[60429.732000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[60429.732000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[60429.732000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[60429.732000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[60429.736000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] 1953529856 512-byte hardware sectors (1000207 MB)
[60429.736000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[60429.736000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
[60429.736000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[60429.736000] sdb:
[60429.744000] sd 12:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[60429.744000] sd 12:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0

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neHru (leon-omfg) said : 		#9

Hmm... It seems to see your disk again now?

These messages do not look good to my (not fairly trained, but anyway) eyes:
[56748.348000] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 1545
[56748.348000] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc
[56748.348000] scsi 10:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to dead device

I/O errors are never a good thing. I think it could be 2 things:
- Driver issues (does the hard drive support the Mass Storage Device specification?), could be a problem with the usb-storage driver..
- Harddrive (or cable/port) failure (did the drive work correctly w/ Windows)

Anyone else have suggestions?

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SuzCreamChees (suzcreamchees) said : 		#10

No, it still doesnt see the disk, at least I cant find it anywhere. I dont know if the hard drive having RAID has anything to do with this. It did work just fine with windows. It has a disk that came with it, it is for windows and mac. Is there a way to make ubuntu run exe files? Sorry, if Im not making much sense, Im really new to all of this, like I said. How do I find out if there is a problem with the usb storage driver? Also, I have an Iomega external hdd as well and that works just fine.

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SuzCreamChees (suzcreamchees) said : 		#11

Ok.....so I got the disk to install with wine....the raid manager didnt recognize the hdd being there. Then, I tried Gparted again and I got that to work, and I formatted it to ext3. The computer and the raid manager still dont recognize it...any suggestions?

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Allen Chemist (alchemist) said : 		#12

If gparted is seeing it and able to 'partition it', the above I/O error seems odd (but I agree, the I/O error appears to be the source of the problem).

With the drive hooked up, can you type into a terminal:
sudo fdisk -l

(that's an L on the end, not a 1 or i )

and copy and paste the results back. I'm not sure how this is going to help, but it's all I can think of at the moment (something may occur later in the day, once my brain is fully awake)

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SuzCreamChees (suzcreamchees) said : 		#13

I figured it out, thanks for all your help. I had to go and do the command: sudo chown -R user:user ( something to that effect and a little more). But, that made it where it wasnt only accessible by the root.