Acomdata 320 Gb external USB has so far been useless on every Linux I've tried it with. Thanks to a hint from d-u, I finally got around to loading usb_storage ("Doh!"). That manages to get this drive to elicit "sdb" (finally).
The box says it's USB 2.0 ("Interface: Hi-Speed USB 2.0"). "Acomdata E5 HybridDrive with stand". "Windows Vista Compatible," fwiw. But see the end. fdisk sees nothing on this thing. Previously, all I could find on this thing was a read-only ptn, ca. 3 Gb, and system saw it as /dev/sr?. HTF do I partition this thing?!? :-| No hurry; it's just annoying. Surely Sidux should be able to handle hardware I bought last year. :-( Drat. I've fought with this thing on a Compaq Evo desktop running etch, an AMD Sempron running Slack and Sidux, and an HP Pavilion AMD Turion 64 bit. Ideas? What am I missing? Thanks. ----------------------------------- Mar 16 16:48:14 newmil kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Mar 16 16:48:14 newmil kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0c0b, idProduct=b311 Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: Product: USB 2.0 CD + HDD Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: Manufacturer: DMI Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 03280800058C Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: isa bounce pool size: 16 pages Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (5), using 36 Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM DMI USB2.0 CD-ROM 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: scsi 8:0:0:1: Direct-Access DMI USB2.0 Storage 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 52x/52x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sd 8:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 (0) phreaque /home/keeling_ things (0) newmil [root] /root_ fdisk -l /dev/sdb (0) newmil [root] /root_ fdisk /dev/sdb Unable to read /dev/sdb ----------------------------------- -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.xs4all.nl/~js/gnksa/ Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org