> -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob Fugal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 15:20 > > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 15:17, Michael L Torrie wrote: > > Looking back at your posts, I see that the OS properly sees > > devices when you plug them in, and even recognizes the device as a > > USB Mass Storage device. Somehow, though, it's not getting a > > device node entry in /dev. After you plug in the device, does > > /proc/partitions reveal anything (like new entries)? Does your > > usb device work on other linux machines? > > Well, the output from dmesg I included earlier (which I assume > you're referring to) is with no USB devices plugged in. The device, > which is an external USB IDE enclosure (currently holding a 20G IDE > HD), was working on this very same computer up until recently (see > the top of the thread for an explanation of what was happening when > it stopped). I haven't tried it on my laptop running Debian, I was > going to take it home and verify that tonight. > > I can't check /proc/partitions after plugging in the device because > plugging it in and powering it up = hung computer. So obviously > something happens when it's plugged in, but current configuration > issues aren't happy with whatever that something is. If I have the > device plugged in and powered up while booting, the system hangs > just before it would give me the login prompt.
What happens if you attach the drive to its usual machine, power it on and boot from a Knoppix CD? ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
