> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: external USB harddrive not recognized when present at >boot >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:02:51 -0500 > >>On 09/25/08 08:24, Lubos Vrbka wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> On 09/25/08 03:29, Lubos Vrbka wrote: >>>>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> [snip] >>>>> >>>>>> But then, I've got an external Firewire drive, and it's >recognized >>>>>> at boot, as are all my thumb drives, so maybe your product >doesn't >>>>>> follow some spec well enough, and new kernels are more strict >than >>>>>> older kernels. >>>>> would there be any way how to find you if this is the case? >>>> >>>> ???? >>> i meant, seeing/checking somehow in more detail, >> >>/var/log/syslog >>/var/log/boot >>/var/log/dmesg >> >>But you probably knew that... >> >>> if the kernel >really >>> has this sort of problems. what puzzles me is, that if i re-plug >the >>> drive later to the same port, it works without problems. >> >>It's probably that the D/port is poorly designed, taking too long to > >>initialize, or some such. >> >>> i've seen on the web a suggestion to use >>> echo Y > /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first >>> but i don't know how to set this (if it is gonna help) at the very > >>> beginning of the boot process (some 4 seconds after the grub gives >the >>> control to the kernel according to the timer). is there any kernel >boot >>> option to do this? >> >>/etc/sysctl.conf >> >>-- >>Ron Johnson, Jr. >>Jefferson LA USA >> >>"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no >>hook beneath it." -- Thomas Jefferson
>>>I also have had problems with multi-port devices, especially >>>if they were unpowered. Seemed that the unpowered multiports >>>could not supply the required current to all the connected >>>devices. >>>Larry >> >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ebian.org >> >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
