| Edmond Rodriguez on 28 Dec 2010 15:03:09 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Old IDE drive on USB enclosure with Linux |
I can attach a newer ide drive to the very same ide cable (inside an older machine, no enclosure) and it works just fine with 2.6.8. As I mentioned the older caviar drive (1994) will not work on 2.6.8 but will work on 2.4.22. The older drive (1994) also does not work in an enclosure box. I want to assume the drive is fine since the 2.4.22 kernel deals with it (no enclosure) just fine. On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Carl Johnson <cjohnson19791979@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. (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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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