On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 06:03:10PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi, > > I have a portable Iomega 120 GB HD. I am running etch. When I connect > the HD to the USB port, etch doesn't show any device attached to the > port... I wonder why? the portable hd doesn't acts like another usb > device? > > Thanks in advance for the help > > Marcelo As root, try this: remove the usb drive type 'tail -f /var/log/messages' plug the usb drive in note what messages show on the xterm if messages show, post them here if no messages show, this maybe a hardware problem (cable) or kernel problem (no usb modules for that harware). If this happends, report that. Also, what does 'lspci' and 'lsusb' show?
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