Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX) -- SOLVED

2007-12-17 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Dienstag, 18. Dezember 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:27:58AM +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > but you also know a little more than you did yesterday. That's the main > > thing! > > I know how I misthought things. I had thought USB was a dumb protocol > and that the

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX) -- SOLVED

2007-12-17 Thread felix
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:27:58AM +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > but you also know a little more than you did yesterday. That's the main > thing! I know how I misthought things. I had thought USB was a dumb protocol and that the simplest way to present two drives on one connection was to have an

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX) -- SOLVED

2007-12-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 07:10 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'll be the son of a monkey's uncle. > > Tie me ankles and put me knickers in a twist. *lol* no thanks, wrong list! > It WAS the CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN kernel flag. > > Apologies to all those who thought I was doubting them. I was,

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX) -- SOLVED

2007-12-17 Thread felix
I'll be the son of a monkey's uncle. Tie me ankles and put me knickers in a twist. It WAS the CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN kernel flag. Apologies to all those who thought I was doubting them. I was, and I shouldn't have. I am flabbergasted. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . ._

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX)

2007-12-16 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 17. Dezember 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 02:00:32PM +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > don't ask me, I only work here... but I have a "multimedia unit" that > > has 4 card reader slots, a HD, an LCD and USB2. Only /dev/sda shows up > > if I don't set the multip

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX)

2007-12-16 Thread felix
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 02:00:32PM +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > don't ask me, I only work here... but I have a "multimedia unit" that > has 4 card reader slots, a HD, an LCD and USB2. Only /dev/sda shows up > if I don't set the multiple luns option, and /dev/sda isn't the HD! > It's the (usually

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX)

2007-12-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 18:23 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 02:38:40AM +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > On Montag, 17. Dezember 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The kernel config does NOT set CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN, if that makes > > > any difference. > > > > i

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX)

2007-12-16 Thread felix
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 02:38:40AM +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Montag, 17. Dezember 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The kernel config does NOT set CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN, if that makes > > any difference. > > it should. Please set it. Oh, and don't forget - in 'single disk mode' you

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX)

2007-12-16 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 17. Dezember 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The kernel config does NOT set CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN, if that makes > any difference. it should. Please set it. Oh, and don't forget - in 'single disk mode' you might loose everything if one of the two disks dies. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail

[gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX)

2007-12-16 Thread felix
I bought a NexStar MX dual SATA enclosure and two 1TB drives for it. It has an internal switch to select it appearing as a single 2TB drive or two separate 1TB drives. I eventually want it to be the single drive, but I want it as two separate drives initially. However, it doesn't work that way.