[PLUG] External HD issue.

[Johnathan Mantey]

Try 'lsusb' and see if the device is being enumerated.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:12 AM wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:

> Also, do you have another computer to test it on? That would be a good way
> to narrow down which side the problem is on.
>
> -wes
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:09 AM Jake Bottero <jake at botteronet.net> wrote:
>
> > Actually, that’s a good idea, try mounting it from the command line. I
> was
> > using the GUI.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:07 AM Jake Bottero <jake at botteronet.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > It was automatically mounted, and I did in fact move files to it. I’ve
> > > looked at several of the disk utilities and it doesn’t show up as
> present
> > > but unmourned or anything else.
> > >
> > > Bad cord? The drive is brand new.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 11:50 PM John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 21:16:04 -0700
> > >> Jake Bottero <jake at botteronet.net> dijo:
> > >>
> > >> >CentOS6.
> > >> >
> > >> >I have a Western Digital external hard drive, SSD, when I first
> > >> >plugged it in via USB, the system saw it. Now it doesn’t.
> > >>
> > >> When you say 'saw it,' did you mean it just appeared, or that it
> > >> appeared _and you were able to add/delete/move files on it_. The
> latter
> > >> means that it was automatically mounted.
> > >>
> > >> When you plug it in, do you have to mount it before you can actually
> > >> use it? If so, that is normal behavior. If it doesn't even appear,
> then
> > >> do 'mount' at the command line and see if it appears. If it still
> > >> doesn't appear, then my best guess is that there is a hardware problem
> > >> - bad connection, for example.
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