On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 09:34:41PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Aug 30, 2015, at 9:12 PM, CaT <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 08:21:26PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> Am I missing a driver for the USB3 card? > >> Are some USB3 chipsets not supported? > >> Am I missing something important? > > > > Does 'dmesg' show that the drive is seen and a /dev device is allocated > > to it when you plug it into the USB3 card? > > There is no /dev allocated to the disk drive when plugged into the USB3 board.
Three possibilities IMO: * cable too dodgy for USB3 but not dodgy enough for USB2 to fail :) * card is dodgy (do you know that it actually does work?) * drivers are dodgy (can happen - is there a newer kernel you can try?) -- "A search of his car uncovered pornography, a homemade sex aid, women's stockings and a Jack Russell terrier." - http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/wacky/indeed/story-e6frev20-1111118083480