| Carl Johnson on 28 Dec 2010 14:15:05 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Old IDE drive on USB enclosure with Linux |
Weird. Got me there. Normally I'd say that's because the partition table is trashed or something along those lines. The newer kernel must not like the adapter for some reason. Sent from my Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. "Edmond Rodriguez" <erodrig97.list@gmail.com> wrote: >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. Â(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 Â-- >>>http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group     --    >Âhttp://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion Â--  >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