Re: [tlug] Trouble with external USB hard disk: /dev/scd0 versus /dev/sdc: wierd GUI application

[jep200404 <jep200404@example.com>]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:21:55 +0900, David Bernat <dbernat@example.com> wrote:

> jep200404 wrote:
> 
> > Are today's sdb1 DVD-RAM drive and yesterday's sdc DVD drive the same drive? 
> 
> Yes, sdb1 and sdc are the same drive.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:36:18 +0900, David Bernat <dbernat@example.com> wrote:

> jep200404 wrote:
> 
> > Then how could the DVD-RAM drive have a sdb1 without media? 
> 
> Disk filesystems shows the DVD-RAM drive as sdb1 (without media)
> when the external hard disk is not attached.

sdc and sdb1 just do not make sense for a DVD drive. sdb1 is 
particularly strange, because the 1 implies partitioning, 
which is very uncommon for DVDs, so I did some digging. 

Take a look at http://www.colug.net/~jep/images/tlug/snapshot4.png 
and compare the info for the second hard drive partition 
from fdisk with that from the System Settings GUI application. 
Since I started with a fresh installation, the info is likely 
repeatable, which helps for filing a report. 

David, please post a URL for a similar snapshot of your desktop. 

David, were you administering mounting from the 
System Settings GUI application? 

For others wanting to play with this, 
the "Disk filesystems" can be viewed by: 

1. Click on K Menu button in lower left corner. 
2. Click on System Settings in menu. 
3. Click on Advanced tab when System Settings window appears. 
4. Click on Disk & Filesystems