Bootcamp USB won't mount

I created a Windows 7 installation drive using a 2.0 GPT formatted USB by copying the files from the Windows 7 ISO.
However, I cannot boot from this drive. When using bootcamp assistant to install windows, after restarting I get a black screen that says no bootable device, insert disk press any key to continue - with only my USB install drive inserted. It also does not appear when holding alt down to select bootable volumes.
What should I do?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks, I was able to burn a disc and install windows that way.
If I install NTFS-3 to read and write to my Bootcamp partition in OSX will it corrupt/damage the Bootcamp volume?
Thanks again for your help!

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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-02-07 11:56 6cf5e803-429a-44c3-bcf9-0f007df623f3 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-02-07 11:56 8ef6be20-ee30-4a00-8946-56a4d94a7245 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-02-07 11:56 947b3b86-8501-4011-9da2-4de45eb4ed60 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-02-07 11:56 94911fb3-def7-4440-b6a5-5e09f91b19f6 -> ../../sde1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-02-07 11:56 acd197d3-f63e-48f9-88de-41eff1b3b425 -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-02-07 11:56 b6745703-bde6-44ef-865d-d09501ecc8ab -> ../../sdb1
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
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/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
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/dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda3 /var reiserfs defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 /home ext3 defaults 0 1
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BIOS EBDA/lowmem at: 0009f800/0009f400
Linux version 2.6.28-ARCH (root@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 2 22:22:59 UTC 2009
KERNEL supported cpus:
Intel GenuineIntel
AMD AuthenticAMD
NSC Geode by NSC
Cyrix CyrixInstead
Centaur CentaurHauls
Transmeta GenuineTMx86
Transmeta TransmetaCPU
UMC UMC UMC UMC
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BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f400 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009f400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fef0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fef0000 - 000000007fef3000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fef3000 - 000000007ff00000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
DMI 2.4 present.
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last_pfn = 0x7fef0 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
Scanning 0 areas for low memory corruption
modified physical RAM map:
modified: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000010000 (reserved)
modified: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009f400 (usable)
modified: 000000000009f400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
modified: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
modified: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fef0000 (usable)
modified: 000000007fef0000 - 000000007fef3000 (ACPI NVS)
modified: 000000007fef3000 - 000000007ff00000 (ACPI data)
modified: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
modified: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
kernel direct mapping tables up to 377fe000 @ 10000-16000
RAMDISK: 7fe0e000 - 7fedf2e4
Allocated new RAMDISK: 0055f000 - 006302e4
Move RAMDISK from 000000007fe0e000 - 000000007fedf2e3 to 0055f000 - 006302e3
ACPI: RSDP 000F8600, 0014 (r0 HP-CPC)
ACPI: RSDT 7FEF3040, 0038 (r1 HP-CPC AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: FACP 7FEF30C0, 0084 (r2 HP-CPC AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: DSDT 7FEF31C0, 3C55 (r1 HP-CPC AWRDACPI 1000 MSFT 100000E)
ACPI: FACS 7FEF0000, 0040
ACPI: SSDT 7FEF6F40, 01CA (r1 HP-CPC POWERNOW 1 LTP 1)
ACPI: SRAT 7FEF7180, 00A0 (r1 HP-CPC HAMMER 1 AMD 1)
ACPI: MCFG 7FEF7280, 003C (r1 HP-CPC AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: APIC 7FEF6E80, 0068 (r1 HP-CPC AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
1158MB HIGHMEM available.
887MB LOWMEM available.
mapped low ram: 0 - 377fe000
low ram: 00000000 - 377fe000
bootmap 00012000 - 00018f00
(9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 00377fe000]
#0 [0000000000 - 0000001000] BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
#1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
#2 [0000006000 - 0000007000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
#3 [0000100000 - 000055b520] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 000055b520]
#4 [000055c000 - 000055f000] INIT_PG_TABLE ==> [000055c000 - 000055f000]
#5 [000009f400 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [000009f400 - 0000100000]
#6 [0000010000 - 0000012000] PGTABLE ==> [0000010000 - 0000012000]
#7 [000055f000 - 00006302e4] NEW RAMDISK ==> [000055f000 - 00006302e4]
#8 [0000012000 - 0000019000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000012000 - 0000019000]
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Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0x00000010 -> 0x00001000
Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
HighMem 0x000377fe -> 0x0007fef0
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0007fef0
On node 0 totalpages: 523903
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0406600, node_mem_map c1000200
DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
DMA zone: 3951 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 1744 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 221486 pages, LIFO batch:31
HighMem zone: 2318 pages used for memmap
HighMem zone: 294372 pages, LIFO batch:31
Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
SB4X0 revision 0x11
Ignoring ACPI timer override.
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ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 33, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: BIOS IRQ0 pin2 override ignored.
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 21 low level)
Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
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SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 80000000 (gap: 7ff00000:60100000)
PERCPU: Allocating 36864 bytes of per cpu data
NR_CPUS: 16, nr_cpu_ids: 2, nr_node_ids 1
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 519809
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Detected 2188.552 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
Memory: 2072040k/2096064k available (2227k kernel code, 22632k reserved, 1026k data, 332k init, 1186760k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xffee8000 - 0xfffff000 (1116 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 120 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000 ( 887 MB)
.init : 0xc0433000 - 0xc0486000 ( 332 kB)
.data : 0xc032cfd9 - 0xc042db5c (1026 kB)
.text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc032cfd9 (2227 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 4378.48 BogoMIPS (lpj=7295173)
Security Framework initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 512K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
ACPI: Core revision 20080926
ACPI: Checking initramfs for custom DSDT
..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=0 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
CPU0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ stepping 01
Booting processor 1 APIC 0x1 ip 0x6000
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Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4379.66 BogoMIPS (lpj=7295468)
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 512K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1.
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 1, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
CPU1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ stepping 01
Brought up 2 CPUs
Total of 2 processors activated (8757.15 BogoMIPS).
net_namespace: 768 bytes
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
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ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base e0000000 segment 0 buses 0 - 255
PCI: MCFG area at e0000000 reserved in E820
PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: No dock devices found.
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 18 io port: [0x4100-0x411f]
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 1c 64bit mmio: [0xe0000000-0xffffffff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:02.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 10 io port: [0xfe00-0xfe07]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 14 io port: [0xfd00-0xfd03]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 18 io port: [0xfc00-0xfc07]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 1c io port: [0xfb00-0xfb03]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 20 io port: [0xfa00-0xfa0f]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 24 32bit mmio: [0xfe02f000-0xfe02f1ff]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x07ffff]
pci 0000:00:12.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:13.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02e000-0xfe02efff]
pci 0000:00:13.1: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02d000-0xfe02dfff]
pci 0000:00:13.2: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02c000-0xfe02cfff]
pci 0000:00:13.2: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:13.2: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
pci 0000:00:13.2: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:14.0: reg 10 io port: [0x500-0x50f]
pci 0000:00:14.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xfe02b000-0xfe02b3ff]
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pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 10 io port: [0x00-0x07]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 14 io port: [0x00-0x03]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 18 io port: [0x00-0x07]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 1c io port: [0x00-0x03]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 20 io port: [0xf800-0xf80f]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfa000000-0xfaffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14 64bit mmio: [0xd0000000-0xdfffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 1c 64bit mmio: [0xfb000000-0xfbffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 24 io port: [0xef00-0xef7f]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x01ffff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: bridge io port: [0xe000-0xefff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xfa000000-0xfcffffff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: bridge 64bit mmio pref: [0xd0000000-0xdfffffff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: reg 10 io port: [0xdf00-0xdfff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:03.0: reg 10 io port: [0xde00-0xdeff]
pci 0000:02:03.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xfdeff000-0xfdeff0ff]
pci 0000:02:03.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
pci 0000:02:03.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:03.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:03.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:02:04.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfdefe000-0xfdefe7ff]
pci 0000:02:04.0: reg 14 io port: [0xdd00-0xdd7f]
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pci 0000:02:04.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
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pci 0000:00:14.4: bridge io port: [0xd000-0xdfff]
pci 0000:00:14.4: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xfde00000-0xfdefffff]
pci 0000:00:14.4: bridge 32bit mmio pref: [0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff]
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ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P2P_._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs *3 4 5 6 7 10 11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 3: can't allocate resource
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp 00:09: mem resource (0xf0000-0xf3fff) overlaps 0000:00:00.0 BAR 3 (0x0-0x1fffffff), disabling
pnp 00:09: mem resource (0xf4000-0xf7fff) overlaps 0000:00:00.0 BAR 3 (0x0-0x1fffffff), disabling
pnp 00:09: mem resource (0xf8000-0xfbfff) overlaps 0000:00:00.0 BAR 3 (0x0-0x1fffffff), disabling
pnp 00:09: mem resource (0xfc000-0xfffff) overlaps 0000:00:00.0 BAR 3 (0x0-0x1fffffff), disabling
pnp 00:09: mem resource (0x0-0x9ffff) overlaps 0000:00:00.0 BAR 3 (0x0-0x1fffffff), disabling
pnp 00:09: mem resource (0x100000-0x7feeffff) overlaps 0000:00:00.0 BAR 3 (0x0-0x1fffffff), disabling
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
system 00:01: ioport range 0x228-0x22f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x40b-0x40b has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4d6-0x4d6 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc00-0xc01 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc14-0xc14 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc50-0xc52 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc6c-0xc6d has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc6f-0xc6f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xcd4-0xcdf has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4000-0x40fe has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4210-0x4217 has been reserved
system 00:06: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:06: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved
system 00:08: iomem range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff has been reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0x7ff00000-0x7fffffff has been reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0x7fef0000-0x7fefffff could not be reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0xffff0000-0xffffffff has been reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff has been reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff has been reserved
system 00:09: iomem range 0xfff80000-0xfffeffff has been reserved
pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
pci 0000:00:02.0: IO window: 0xe000-0xefff
pci 0000:00:02.0: MEM window: 0xfa000000-0xfcffffff
pci 0000:00:02.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000d0000000-0x000000dfffffff
pci 0000:00:14.4: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
pci 0000:00:14.4: IO window: 0xd000-0xdfff
pci 0000:00:14.4: MEM window: 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff
pci 0000:00:14.4: PREFETCH window: 0x000000fdd00000-0x000000fddfffff
pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0x00-0xffff]
bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
bus: 01 index 0 io port: [0xe000-0xefff]
bus: 01 index 1 mmio: [0xfa000000-0xfcffffff]
bus: 01 index 2 mmio: [0xd0000000-0xdfffffff]
bus: 01 index 3 mmio: [0x0-0x0]
bus: 02 index 0 io port: [0xd000-0xdfff]
bus: 02 index 1 mmio: [0xfde00000-0xfdefffff]
bus: 02 index 2 mmio: [0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff]
bus: 02 index 3 io port: [0x00-0xffff]
bus: 02 index 4 mmio: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Unpacking initramfs... done
Freeing initrd memory: 836k freed
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
msgmni has been set to 1732
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pci 0000:00:00.0: MSI quirk detected; MSI disabled
pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: found MSI capability
pci_express 0000:00:02.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pci_express 0000:00:02.0:pcie01: allocate port service
pci_express 0000:00:02.0:pcie03: allocate port service
aer 0000:00:02.0:pcie01: AER service couldn't init device: no _OSC support
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /class/input/input0
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
registered taskstats version 1
Freeing unused kernel memory: 332k freed
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
pata_acpi 0000:00:12.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
pata_acpi 0000:00:14.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
scsi0 : pata_atiixp
scsi1 : pata_atiixp
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xf800 irq 14
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xf808 irq 15
ata2.00: ATAPI: HP DVD Writer 740b, ED24, max UDMA/33
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM HP DVD Writer 740b ED24 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sata_sil 0000:00:12.0: version 2.3
scsi2 : sata_sil
scsi3 : sata_sil
ata3: SATA max UDMA/100 mmio m512@0xfe02f000 tf 0xfe02f080 irq 22
ata4: SATA max UDMA/100 mmio m512@0xfe02f000 tf 0xfe02f0c0 irq 22
ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata3.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG HD501LJ, CR100-10, max UDMA7
ata3.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata4.00: ATA-7: WDC WD2500JS-60MHB1, 10.02E01, max UDMA/100
ata4.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
ata4.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG HD501LJ CR10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD2500JS-60M 10.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: irq 19, io mem 0xfe02c000
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors: (500 GB/465 GiB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors: (500 GB/465 GiB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda:<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: irq 19, io mem 0xfe02e000
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: irq 19, io mem 0xfe02d000
sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors: (250 GB/232 GiB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors: (250 GB/232 GiB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sdb: sdb1
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtc_cmos 00:03: RTC can wake from S4
rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month, 242 bytes nvram
usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
8139too 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf8182000, 00:13:d3:88:fb:ec, IRQ 20
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
lirc_mceusb2: Philips eHome USB IR Transceiver and Microsoft MCE 2005 Remote Control driver for LIRC $Revision: 1.44 $
lirc_mceusb2: Daniel Melander <[email protected]>, Martin Blatter <[email protected]>
usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_mceusb2
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
C-Media PCI 0000:02:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input1
usb 3-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input2
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
processor ACPI_CPU:00: registered as cooling_device0
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
processor ACPI_CPU:01: registered as cooling_device1
ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states)
lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
lirc_mceusb2[2]: Philips eHome Infrared Transceiver on usb3:2
usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-4: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
usb 3-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
input: Logitech HID compliant keyboard as /class/input/input3
generic-usb 0003:046D:C30E.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech HID compliant keyboard] on usb-0000:00:13.0-2/input0
parport_pc 00:07: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,EPP]
input: Logitech HID compliant keyboard as /class/input/input4
generic-usb 0003:046D:C30E.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [Logitech HID compliant keyboard] on usb-0000:00:13.0-2/input1
input: Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as /class/input/input5
generic-usb 0003:045E:0047.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:00:13.1-2/input0
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
piix4_smbus 0000:00:14.0: SMBus Host Controller at 0x500, revision 0
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input6
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
ohci1394 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[21] MMIO=[fdefe000-fdefe7ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.22 Tue Jan 6 09:29:08 PST 2009
EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
ReiserFS: sda3: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
ReiserFS: sda3: using ordered data mode
ReiserFS: sda3: journal params: device sda3, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
ReiserFS: sda3: checking transaction log (sda3)
ReiserFS: sda3: Using r5 hash to sort names
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda4, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdb1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0010dc0000bc42b8]
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
scsi 5:0:0:1: Direct-Access Generic USB CF Reader 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST316002 3A 8.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 5:0:0:1: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
scsi 5:0:0:2: Direct-Access Generic USB SM Reader 1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160 GB/149 GiB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160 GB/149 GiB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
sde: sde1
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 5:0:0:2: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 5:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
scsi 5:0:0:3: Direct-Access Generic USB MS Reader 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 5:0:0:3: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 5:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sde1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
TCP(wget:15427): Application bug, race in MSG_PEEK.
TCP(wget:18681): Application bug, race in MSG_PEEK.
TCP(wget:4122): Application bug, race in MSG_PEEK.
TCP(wget:4275): Application bug, race in MSG_PEEK.
TCP(wget:19451): Application bug, race in MSG_PEEK.

External HDD won't mount to desktop from 1/2 of USB Ports

I have an external Iomega HDD and when it's plugged into my left USB port it works fine but when it's plugged into the right USB port it won't mount to the desktop and I can't access it. It doesn't show up in the system profiler or disk utility either.
However other usb devices (wireless mouse for example) work fine when plugged into that port. So I don't think it's the drive because it works in other ports and the port seems to be at least partially functional... But not with the drive.
Any ideas?

Is the drive bus-powered or does it have its own AC power adapter? Are you using a hub?

G drive mini won't mount via firewire 800. usb ok

It hasnt been too long i bought myself a gdrive mini to benefit from the firewire 800 port. It seems that once my macbook gets warm the drive won't mount. It mounts just fine via usb. I've been to the genius bar twice and it worked both times, thats when i noticed it only happens when its warm. I was convinced its a software issue, but i dont know what to think anymore.
Has anyone encounter this issue? Any ideas of whats causing this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated

WAIT WAIT EVERYONE....READ THIS....VERY SIMPLE FIX!
My G mini 750GB drive stopped mounting.....I tried a million methods to get the G mini drive to mount and searched a ton of forums but never found this VERY EASY FIX. Try powering down your computer (imac in my case), then UNPLUG the power supply from the back of the computer....VERY IMPORTANT TO UNPLUG COMPUTER FROM ELECTRIC SOURCE. Nothing else worked for me.
Wait a minute, then plug back in and re-boot....MAGIC - freakin G mini showed up on desk top!
Good Lord why is this simple fix not all over the G mini site?????? It ought to be on the front of the box when you buy this thing! Seems no one at G mini sites talk about this and people are sending drives all over for repair!
Hope this helps!

USB flash drive won't mount

I have a strange problem with a USB flash drive which refuses to mount on the desktop of my MDD FW800. It registers in System Profiler but not in Disk Utility. I can't get it to mount using Terminal either. The Terminal screen says it has mounted but it doesn't appear on the desktop and I can't access it. However, if I do a restart with the the drive plugged in, it does mount. If I eject it and then try to plug it in again, it won't mount! Very frustrating.
It works fine on my Powerbook and my Digital Audio so it can't be the drive itself that's the problem. Not quite sure when this started but it may have been after I installed a PCI USB2.0 card (a Ratoc Rex-PCIU3). The card itself works fine with other USB products and I don't have any deep sleep problems with it either. I'm stumped.
Any suggestions anyone?
Alex
G4 1.25GHz Dual MDD FW800; G4 Digital Audio; Powerbook 800MHz DVI Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hello rickame
Click on the desktop then go up to the menu bar and select Finder / Finder Preferences / General and make sure the box's are checked for Hard disk, External disks, etc.. then reconnect the drive. If you still don't see it on the desktop it may have been improperly disconnected from the iMac while mounted, look to see if it show's up in Disk Utilities and the System Profiler on the USB bus. If you are plugging it into the keyboard, try one of the USB ports on the back of the iMac or a powered hub. There also could be a conflict with other USB devices, try ejecting and disconnect things like an iPod, a printer/scanner or camera, then restarting the iMac and connect only the Flash drive.
Dennis

10.4.9 and now USB Hard Drive(s) Won't Mount

After running the combo updater on my Intel Core Duo iMac 17" my LaCie BigDisk won't mount nor will my 60GB USB hard drive that I use to backup my MacBook (though this drive DOES mount on the MacBook without any problems). All other USB devices (and my 160GB Western Digital USB Hard Drive and 300GB Seagate FireWire hard drive mount and work fine on the iMac). My LaCie BigDisk wouldn't mount on my MacBook at first, but eventually mounted ONCE on the MacBook. I have tried repairing permissions, rebooting, using an older IOUSBFamily.kext (that was a nightmare and required some CLI experience to undo without having to find a firewire cable that long enough to reach around my desk to use the iMac via Target Mode on the MacBook good thing I saved the original).
At any rate here is the error output in Console.app:
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 4 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 4 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::DeviceRequest - buffer dmaCommand (0x39b3900) already had memory descriptor (0x3f54a00) - clearing
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 5 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::ControlPacketHandler - unexpected command BufferMemoryDescriptor(0x46a0d00)
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 35 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::DeviceRequest - dmaCommand (0x39b3900) already had memory descriptor (0x46a0d00) - clearing
Mar 13 20:34:08 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 495.663 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 253, timing out!
[Above Repeating for a long time]
Mar 13 20:34:12 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 499.351 [0x3bd7800] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 2 of hub @ location: 0xfd300000)
Mar 13 20:34:12 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 499.352 [0x3bd7800] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device
Any help would be appreciated!

Anyone else having this problem?
Possibly.. my Lacie hard drive (firewire) has stopped working since I updated to 10.4.9 with the device attached. See: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=889519&tstart=45
iMac G5 iSight 2.1GHz, iBook G4 1.42GHz, iMac G3 Snow 700MHz, 2x iSight Mac OS X (10.4.9)

USB memory drive won't mount

I tried to mount a USB memory drive on my relatively new MBA (10.6.4) today, but it doesn't mount. Sometimes it doesn't even show up in Disk Utility. When it does, only the disk shows up, the disk's name doesn't show up, it is grayed out. I did disk repair and verify and they are OK. It is USB 2.0. I have tried both USB slots.
I have tried the same USB memory drive on an older MacBook Air (Rev C, about 15 months old) and on a Powerbook and the USB memory drive mounts fine. I can open the drive and see the contents and manipulate the files etc.)
The USB drive is formatted "extended OS Journal".
I also tested out another USB memory drive and it too fails to mount properly as well on the new MBA.
I don't know whether it's a hardware issue or a Mac OSX issue so I posted here first.
The older MBA has 10.6.4 too.
Earlier this morning, the USB memory drives did mount on the new MBA but it was touch and go. Sometimes they did mount and I could manipulate files, but other times they didn't mount.
Now, this evening, they won't mount at all.

I checked Verify permissions and I repaired permissions after I tested out the USB drives. Seems like there were many permissions to be repaired even though I had just repaired them before.
I think sticking in the USB flash memory drives mucks up the permissions. I don't know why that is.
Maybe they have files created from older operating systems (10.6.1, and 10.3.9) that caused this.
In this case, I might have to check permissions and repair them every time I use one of these thumb drives especially if they contain files and folders from the older Macs.

USB Drive Accidentally Unmounted & Now Won't Mount

Hi,
My Seagate 400 GB USB external drive was accidentally unmounted improperly and now it won't mount. I restarted my laptop, restarted the drive itself, changed cords and USB inputs on the laptop and nothing has changed.
The drive doesn't show up in Disk Utility, but it does in System profiler. In System Profiler it shows up, but with minimal information. My 300 GB Seagate drive (which is fine) shows up with a great deal more information like it's capacity etc. etc.
I have really essential information on the 400 including a project that's due relatively soon, so any help would me greatly appreciated!! THANKS!
-jules

Two things you can try:
Try connecting the drive, and restarting from the CD/DVD that came with your Powerbook, and use the Disk Utility to look for your connected drive.
You may also look in finder>preferences>general and make sure that the boxes are checked to show hard drives on the desktop.

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