| Carl Johnson on 28 Dec 2010 13:06:45 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Old IDE drive on USB enclosure with Linux |
Good question there. Most every usb mass storage device I've ever used always came up as "sdx". Maybe there's a BIOS option that's off??? Dunno..... Sent from my Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. "Edmond Rodriguez" <erodrig97.list@gmail.com> wrote: >I just tried removing the jumper, same problem. > >Also curious that a newer version of Kubuntu (on the same older >machine with internal ide cable) says it's unreadable (trying to >access with /dev/sdb..... > >But an old Slackware install I have preserved is perfectly fine with >the disk. (using /dev/hdb......). > >Since I am now using Grub on that old machine (installed by the >Kubuntu installer), I do not see any hard drive parameters set up >(like n cynlinders, n heads, etc...), but the slackware (kernel >2.4.22) seems to know how to deal with it.. > >Could this be a difference between the/dev/hd and the /dev/sd style of >accessing the disk? > >On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Carl Johnson ><cjohnson19791979@gmail.com> wrote: >> Lookup the drive specs. You want "master no slave" mode or "master >single" mode. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. >___________________________________________________________________________ >Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >http://www.phillylinux.org >Announcements - >http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >General Discussion -- >http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug