| Edmond Rodriguez on 28 Dec 2010 13:23:22 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Old IDE drive on USB enclosure with Linux |
Sorry, what I meant to say was that attached to an ide cable on my old machine (no enclosure), Kubuntu (kernel 2.6.8) says the disk is unreadable. For example, I say "fdisk /dev/sdb" and it says "disk unreadable". I know I am getting to the disk, because I can hear and feel it respond to the command, even though it fails. But in Slackware (Kernel 2.4.22) I can say "fdisk /dev/hdb" and all is well. It shows me the three partitions on the disk and I have also mounted each one and used them. As far as the USB enclosure box, I think I tried all the jumper settings once before, but will try again to be sure. On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Carl Johnson <cjohnson19791979@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________ 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