Sounds like the problem is in your host, can you try the same pieces in another box?
2011/4/20 Panayiotis Karabassis <pan...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > I made the mistake of purchasing an external HDD enclosure without > researching first. The enclosure wouldn't be recognized in Debian > Squeeze or Wheezy with errors that are not relevant since I've returned > it to the shop. > > The drive I want to ...enclose is a 3.5 inch PATA HDD. Acceptable > interfaces are USB (any version) and it seems my motherboard also has an > eSata input. > > I've spent quite some time googling but couldn't reach any solid > conclusions. > > So please recommend an enclosure that is known to work in Debian, > preferably a popular brand, so that it stands a chance of being > available in my country. > > -- > Regards > Panayiotis Karabassis > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4daf3032.8080...@gmail.com > > -- Leonardo Ruoso - Jornalista/Desenvolvedor Assessoria de Imprensa. Consultoria de Marketing. Desenvolvimento e Integração de Software. Comunicação Social/Jornalismo - UFC/2006. Telecomunicações - ETFCE/1998. Foos, Perl, Debian Gnu/Linux, Agile, UML, DBA e OOP. Coaching/NLP. Inglês e Francês. http://leonardo.ruoso.com - http://www.linkedin.com/in/lruoso