[WBEL-users] USB HDD Problems

[Phil Schaffner]

I have a 2.5" hard disk in a USB case that has worked with Red Hat 7.s -
RH9, and Fedora Core 1 through Fedora Core 3 Test 1.  When a FC3T1
update broke the machine I use the USB HDD on (IBM Thinkpad A21p), I
decided to try WBEL 3.0 on it.  (Have been using WBEL on a couple of
servers very successfully.)

Installation went very well, except that I am unable to get the external
drive to work.  USB is OK - can use my Memorex USB thumb drive memory
stick with no problems.  Correct modules appear to be loaded but no SCSI
device is seen for the USB HDD:

[root@wx1 root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
nfs                    91408   0  (autoclean)
lockd                  58160   0  (autoclean) [nfs]
sunrpc                 82076   0  (autoclean) [nfs lockd]
sd_mod                 13424   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ide-cd                 33920   0  (autoclean)
cdrom                  32096   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
cs46xx                 60304   0  (autoclean)
ac97_codec             15624   0  (autoclean) [cs46xx]
soundcore               6372   3  (autoclean) [cs46xx]
usb-storage            74048   0
parport_pc             18724   1  (autoclean)
lp                      8932   0  (autoclean)
parport                36800   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs                 13204   1  (autoclean)
ds                      8576   2
yenta_socket           13728   2
pcmcia_core            56768   0  [ds yenta_socket]
3c59x                  29616   1
ipt_REJECT              4600   1  (autoclean)
ipt_state               1080   2  (autoclean)
ip_conntrack           27080   1  (autoclean) [ipt_state]
iptable_filter          2412   1  (autoclean)
ip_tables              15776   3  [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter]
floppy                 56592   0  (autoclean)
sg                     36140   0  (autoclean) (unused)
scsi_mod              104360   3  (autoclean) [sd_mod usb-storage sg]
microcode               5656   0  (autoclean)
keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
mousedev                5492   1
hid                    22084   0  (unused)
input                   5856   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci               25836   0  (unused)
usbcore                77152   1  [usb-storage hid usb-uhci]
ext3                   85704   2
jbd                    50572   2  [ext3]
[root@wx1 root]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices: none
[root@wx1 root]# cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0
   Host scsi0: usb-storage
       Vendor: Genesyslogic
      Product: USB Mass Storage
Serial Number: None
     Protocol: Transparent SCSI
    Transport: Bulk
         GUID: 05e307020000000000000000
     Attached: Yes
[root@wx1 root]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
[root@wx1 root]#

Under FC2 on the same A21p I could mount the drive as /dev/sda1 (or
/dev/sdb1 if the USB key drive was inserted first).  On WBEL - no such
luck.  Googling and searching list archives has not found anything
helpful.  Any advice or suggestions appreciated.

Phil