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Posted: Sep. 02 2004,04:48 |
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| Quote (roadie @ Sep. 01 2004,23:48) | A couple of things that come to mind.
You have set up the hard drive with a vfat partition, are you able to mount and read files on it?
Can you copy files from DSL, any files, to the hard drive?
If you can, does copying of any kind freeze the system?
You said mikshaws method works, so when you use it to mount the drive, type in a terminal "mount"
That will show all mounted partitions and also show if it's mounted rw
Also try "dmesg" in a terminal, look for errors of the "input-output" type, I've had drives that could be read but could'nt be written to properly.
roadie |
thanks i'll try thoses.
yes i can read files on the hdd, and put a file on it from dsl. i haven't copied enough files to clog it yet going from DSL to hdd...i'll try it. theres a dir on there i made a while back it won't erase too ffs... again readonly or some similar error.
i've done "mount" & it shows its mounted with r/w ability but owned by root only!
thx i'll try dmesg.
the damn drives only a year old & *never* used till the last 3 days...i just unpackaged it 3 days ago after it sat for nearly a year in its wrapping.
avey
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