El mié, 01-10-2003 a las 20:45, Merlin Zener escribió: > Hi, > I find that unless I have my USB external hard drive connected and > powered up *before* booting, Linux won't find it. Is that the way it > normally is, or is there something wrong with my system? > > Is the there equivalent of the "stop device" function, so I can safely > unplug without powering down the computer first? > > TIA,
That's weird. Boot up with the usb drive unplugged. Once you finished booting, plug it in. Do (as root) a `tail -20 /var/log/syslog` There should be something there about usb-storage. Maybe Linux sees the drive but it's not mounting it? Damian
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