[PLUG] Identifying New External Hard Drive

[Kenneth B. Hill]

Rich, I was also think of Robert's suggestions below.

-ken

On Jul 21, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Robert Citek wrote:

> On 07/21/2007 04:50 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> I have a new 40G 2.5" hard drive that I've put in an external  
>> enclosure
>> and want to prepare for use. It's connected via a USB cable, but
>> /var/log/messages does not seem to recognize that new hardware is  
>> present.
>
> If the drive isn't being recognized, it could be a jumper issue (very
> tiny jumpers).  For example, I can connect my Travelstar laptop drive
> via an external laptop connection, but only if it's jumpered as  
> master,
> which is no jumper.  You may want to try Master, Slave, CS, and none.
>
> Another issue could be that the drive is not getting enough power over
> USB.  That is, you may have to plug is some kind of power supply,  
> which
> should have come with the enclosure.
>
> Let us know what you discover.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
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