Larry Brigman wrote: > When you plug in the enclosure, messages from the kernel should show you > what has been detected. If it a USB storage devices, it should identify > which device the kernel assigned. > > On Sep 28, 2017 6:25 PM, "Rich Shepard" <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > >> I have a HornetTek dual-bay external hard drive case (SATA II and USB 2 >> which are adequate for my needs). There is only a single USB port. My web >> searches taught me that some multi-drive external enclosures are >> configurable to have the two drives in a RAID or work individually. I think >> this model has that capability but the one-page 'manual' has no information >> on that. I did not see a switch on the inside of the case so I assume being >> able to mount each drive on a separate mount point is done with software. >> >> My searches for how to do this in linux found only information on >> booting >> a linux system from an external hard drive, using one disk or the other. >> >> I suppose that I could get the UID for each drive (they're now in >> separate >> enclosures which is why I want to consolidate them) and assign each to a >> different /mnt/ subdirectory (e.g., the existing /mnt/hd/ and a new >> /mnt/hd1/, each with a different nickname) if that would be the most >> parsimonious way to do this. >> >> As always, I'm open to learning how best such things are done. >> >> TIA, >> >> Rich >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > Rich,
Check dmesg to see if the drives show up as to individuals. If so, then a software mirror could be created. If not, then the drives may be mirrored inside the enclosure. Ken _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
