"PRO TIP: Connect JUST the USB adapter - no drive - and check dmesg.
It should not disconnect (just show 'media removed') and the USB adapter MUST
be listed in 'lsusb'. For example, for my 3.0 USB adapter."
I didn't see this mentioned or perhaps you already now, but the best way to see
log mssgs
On Thu, 4 Jan 2024, King Beowulf wrote:
As Russell mentioned, your USB adapter is disconnecting, that is why
/dev/sdg is AWOL. Are you sure you are plugging into a the correct
port? Bad USB adapter?
Ed,
The disconnect was intentional. When fdisk -l did not display /dev/sdg/
after several at
On Wed, 3 Jan 2024, Russell Senior wrote:
The last message seems to say that the USB device disconnected a couple
minutes after it was plugged in.
Russell,
Yes, that's when I shut it down. The dmesg log was from my earlier attempt;
will re-do today.
The sd in sdg stands for scsi disk. Prior
On 1/3/24 15:48, Rich Shepard wrote:
> [Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 2 using
> xhci_hcd
> [Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: New USB device found, idVendor=1f75,
> idProduct=0611, bcdDevice= 0.06
> [Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: New USB device strin
The last message seems to say that the USB device disconnected a couple
minutes after it was plugged in.
The sd in sdg stands for scsi disk. Prior to nvme, in Linux, storage tends
to be treated as scsi disks because regardless of connection technology
(USB, SATA, SAS, etc) the underlying commands
On Wed, 3 Jan 2024, Russell Senior wrote:
Look in dmesg output after plugging it in:
dmesg -T (provides decoded timestamps)
Russell,
Good idea. Thanks.
[Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 2 using
xhci_hcd
[Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: New USB device
Look in dmesg output after plugging it in:
dmesg -T (provides decoded timestamps)
You can also run "smartctl -i /dev/sda" (etc) to get the model and serial
numbers to make sure you are talking to the right thing.
On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 2:28 PM Rich Shepard
wrote:
> This desktop has an intern
This desktop has an internal SATA hdd (/dev/sdb/) with bad sectors on one
partition. I've purchased a Seagate FireCuda 4T SATA hdd to replace it.
Connected a USB3.0 adapter (powered by a wall wart) to the drive, and the
drive to a USB3.1 port on the front of the case and turned it on.
fdisk -l r
