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Can't mount Linux usb disk. It just create /dev/sg device but no /dev/sd

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I have a Corsair R60 ssd disk which is a disk with both sata and usb connectors. But the usb thing seems to be a bit non-standard, or maybe its just my fedora linux. When I insert the disk using a usb cabel to a running Fedora 14 linux system, a device called /dev/sg3 is added but that is all. No nā€¦

Error Output

ATA             Hitachi HTS54321        FB2O
HL-DT-ST        DVDRAM GSA-T50N         RP05
Seagate         Desktop                 0130
Corsair       ā€¦

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Fix for: Can't mount Linux usb disk. It just create /dev/sg device but no /dev/sd

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This may mean the device is handled by a different driver. Have you tried mounting it? Edit: The sg3 device might be a scsi device which still needs to be mapped.

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