Ok fo the result of fdisk -l out puts nothing however when i do it again with the sudo command i get
Device System
/dev/sda1 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 Linux plaintext
Thats it …. so my usb is not been detected however the light on the stick does come on when its inserted …. any reason it wouldnt be showing up ?
Further to this i just did a dmesg
and got loads of errors all like this
new highspeed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
device not accepting address 10, error -110
There are a few of these obviously where i have been inserting the usb … the number 10 has increased each time.
Why is my USB not accepting an address ?
Why is my USB not accepting an address ?
Short answer I don't know.
I hate troubleshooting over a forum, and the solutions to this can be fairly complex, and I'm not sure how Helix's kernel is configured (it's been awhile).
The first, simple things I would try would be to remove the ehci_hcd from the running kernel, along with usb_storage, and then reload them
rmmod usb_storage
rmmod ehci_hcd
...
modprobe ehci_hcd
modprobe usb_storage
dmesg
fdisk -l
If that has no effect, then I'd drop to the uhci_hcd driver (most likely). Do the same as above, but replace the ehci_hcd commands with uhci_hcd.
Barring that, try a different USB stick or port. That may be it as well.
This is crazy, i have a live version of fedora which mounts the usb fine but wont mount the Hdd ….
Any other ideas how i can get the data of this drive
This is crazy, i have a live version of fedora which mounts the usb fine but wont mount the Hdd ….
Any other ideas how i can get the data of this drive
I feel your pain.
Okay, so you've tried a fedora disk and Helix. I would try either of the bootdisks at
I feel your pain.
A little more info …… when doing dmesg on the first insert of usb is the following
ehci_hcd 0000001d.7 Unlink after no-IRQ? Controller is probably using the wrong IRQ
Alistair
Where abouts r u in the UK.
Hi Alistair,
It may be best to _first_ learn a bit more about Linux before attempting to use any Linux boot CD. Device recognition and mounting are both topics you should have a firm grasp on prior to using Linux boot CDs (unless, of course, you are using them as a learning tool ) ).
That said, have you resolved this problem?
You have a couple of issues;
- device recognition
- mount point
- mounting
Presuming you understand how to use the 'mount' command and where to mount file systems, that leaves the device recognition. With that, perhaps there is an issue with the kernel confirmation for the Linux boot CD you're attempting to use.
Have you tried the following boot parameters to see if your mileage increases?
acpi=off
-OR-
irqpoll
If not, try both of them (though not together) and let us know the results.
Cheers!
farmerdude
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This is crazy, i have a live version of fedora which mounts the usb fine but wont mount the Hdd ….
Any other ideas how i can get the data of this drive
Our agency has been using Helix for about two and a half years now and I don't think we have seen this problem before.
Firstly
These screens aren't from the HELIX root terminal. Although that doesn't make any difference to the info shown in these shots, all the commands that are being discussed are more useful/easier when run as root. (if you already know this then you're halfway there). The root terminal is an icon in the Helix 'dock'.
Secondly you may want to try this method
If you are writing to this USB device you can get at it from the Helix tools as follows
attach the USB device to port and run Rescan Devices utility from Helix menu
–you should see the mount point appear on the desktop
next right click on the icon for the mount point and run the File Manager
from the screen that appears you select the icon of the mount point in the left pane, right click and select 'mount' from the drop down menu
if the FM can mount the partition you should see the root directory of sdb*
in the right pane
if you can make it this far you know that Helix can mount the media but it will be read only (this is built into Helix as default as a precaution)
run the root terminal and execute the following commands-
the * is the partition number you will use
umount /media/sdb*
mount -t vfat -rw /dev/sdb* /media/sdb*
you will now have access to the USB media through the root terminal in read write mode.
I usually just run MC in the root terminal at this point if I am copying files (I don't think the GUI based utilities allow write access to the media - at least I never spent time trying to make them work, everything I do like this goes through the root shell)
If this doesn't work (it is at root, or as I call it the god level) there is something different about your USB device ( I use this method all the time with USB 2.0 external drives)
Ron
I don't want to sound cocky and the Helix issue is interesting, but to get the job done, just buy an adapter.
Or just image in DOS, not pretty but it works