Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:53:24AM +1100, David Kempe wrote: Gerard Blacklock wrote: Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! is it usb2? you need a recent kernel.. then just use the usbstorage module and dmesg should tell you it added /dev/sda or whatever I had trouble till I realised I also needed the sd_mod module for the hard disk (I think sr_mod if it's a CD device). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
yeah got it working fine - way too easy! just mounted the respective FS (1 fat32 and 1 ext3) from /dev/sda1 and dev/sda2 ...all after a bit of reformatting tho! The USB hardrive case is USB2.0, however i do not have USB2.0 on any boxes :( but it appears it is backwards compatible with USB1 ) However with USB1 it is darn slow.. Thanks for the info guys, was a bit too easy to get to work. gerard Patrick Lesslie wrote: On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:53:24AM +1100, David Kempe wrote: Gerard Blacklock wrote: Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! is it usb2? you need a recent kernel.. then just use the usbstorage module and dmesg should tell you it added /dev/sda or whatever I had trouble till I realised I also needed the sd_mod module for the hard disk (I think sr_mod if it's a CD device). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
Slug, Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! gerard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
Gerard Blacklock wrote: Slug, Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! gerard is it usb2? you need a recent kernel.. then just use the usbstorage module and dmesg should tell you it added /dev/sda or whatever dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
I've got a Lacie 120GB USB2 external HDD. There wasn't much required to get it going. I already had USB2 working and also USB-storage, basically I just plugged it in, looked in /proc/scsi and it was there as /dev/scd2 from memory (as I already had two ide cd-r's in the box as scd1 and 2). From there it was just a matter or creating the FS and mounting it. Good luck Brett Gerard Blacklock wrote: Slug, Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! gerard -- Brett Fenton NetRegistry Pty Ltd ___ http://www.netregistry.com.au/ Tel: +61 2 96996099 | Fax: +61 2 96996088 PO Box 270 Broadway | NSW 2007, Australia Your Total Internet Business Services Provider Trusted by 10,000s of Oz Businesses Since 1997 This email is from NetRegistry Pty Ltd. The contents of this message are commercial and in confidence to the intended addressee. The message may contain copyrighted and/or legally priviledged information. No person or entity other than the intended recipient may read, print or store this message, including any and all attached files. The intended recipient may not forward this message to any third party without express written permission from NetRegistry Pty Ltd. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
I've got a Lacie 120GB USB2 external HDD. There wasn't much required to get it going. I already had USB2 working and also USB-storage, basically I just plugged it in, looked in /proc/scsi and it was there as /dev/scd2 from memory (as I already had two ide cd-r's in the box as scd1 and 2). From there it was just a matter or creating the FS and mounting it. Is firewire storage devices just as easy? My drive is a combo usb2/firewire400 case, but I don't use the usb2 side of it since usb2 is so slow and uses up endless cpu cycles. I just haven't got around to trying it out on linux machine. Guess I probably should attempt it. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
Michael Fox wrote: Is firewire storage devices just as easy? My drive is a combo usb2/firewire400 case, but I don't use the usb2 side of it since usb2 is so slow and uses up endless cpu cycles. I just haven't got around to trying it out on linux machine. Guess I probably should attempt it. yep firewire is about as easy. the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script helps... usb2 sucks cpu way too much and firewire cards aren't expensive. dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 23:18, Gerard Blacklock wrote: Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, If your drive is supported, then getting it going is about as easy as using a USB key. Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! With the drive plugged in, use usbview[1] or a similar tool to get the model number or device ID of your drive. Plug those numbers in to the Linux USB working devices list[2] and/or google's linux search. That should give you a good idea of if your device will work, and anything that may need to be done. [1] - http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/ [2] - http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ - also http://www.linux-usb.org/ -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
