In message <http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=128731581124975&w=1> I wrote: > My primary laptop ("nitrogen") died, so I moved its disk to a backup > laptop ("oxygen"). That laptop then died. :( I have now moved the > former-nitrogen-disk to an external enclosure so that I can access my > files via USB from still another laptop ("silver"). > > When I connect the USB cable to silver I see the usual dmesg lines. > But the former-nitrogen-disk contents are "wierd": [[...]]
One other piece of information: With the former-nitrogen-disk external USB disk enclosure plugged into silver, I get the following USB-devices dump: # usbdevs -vvv Controller /dev/usb0: addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered port 3 powered port 4 powered Controller /dev/usb1: addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00 port 1 addr 3: high speed, self powered, config 1, USB 2.0 IDE DEVICE(0x6600), Super Top(0x14cd), rev 2.01, iSerialNumber \u202 port 2 powered port 3 powered port 4 powered port 5 addr 2: high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, HP Webcam(0x09b8), Logitech(0x046d), rev 60.51 port 6 powered port 7 powered port 8 powered Controller /dev/usb2: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered Controller /dev/usb3: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered Controller /dev/usb4: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered Controller /dev/usb5: addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00 port 1 powered port 2 powered # Comparing the output with and without the external disk enclosure plugged in shows that the entry for the external disk is the one for /dev/usb1 port 1 addr 3. ciao, -- -- "Jonathan Thornburg [remove -animal to reply]" <[email protected]> Dept of Astronomy, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral." -- quote by Freire / poster by Oxfam
