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>From: James Mckenzie <jjmckenzi...@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Sep 3, 2010 1:32 PM
>To: JD <jd1...@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Hard disk trouble
>
>JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>[ big snip ]
>
>>>>> Disconnected, reconnected. Fresh outputs:
>>>>>
>>>>> dmesg:
>>>>> [r...@070905042 ~]# dmesg
>>>>> usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
>>>>> usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0718
>>>>> usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
>>>>> usb 1-2: Product: USB Storage
>>>>> usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 000000000033
>>>>> scsi8 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
>>>>> scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB TO I DE/SATA Device 0041 PQ: 0
>>>>> ANSI: 0
>>>>> sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
>>>>> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
>>>>>
>>>>> [r...@070905042 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
>>>>> [r...@070905042 ~]#
>>>>>
>>>>> (gave nothing)
>>>>>
>>>>> Model: Seagate FreeAgent Go (scsi)
>>>>> Disk /dev/sdc: 320GB
>>>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
>>>>> Partition Table: msdos
>>>>>
>>>>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
>>>>> 1 32.3kB 107GB 107GB primary ext3
>>>>> 2 107GB 129GB 21.5GB primary ntfs
>>>>> 3 129GB 320GB 191GB primary ext3
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> Interesting results here. What is the size of the supposedly dead drive
>>> and where is it connect to?
>>>
>>> Information here is conflicting and I don't have access to the complete
>>> thread on the subject.
>>>
>>All I can say is that perhaps the OP committed a copy and paste error :) :)
>>
>Maybe. However, this drive appears as a USB to SCSI drive. Maybe sdc IS the
>drive, maybe it is not. I've tried connecting two external drives via USB and
>only one was recognized as well. Then again, you may be correct in that the
>drive is dead.
>
>One question to the OP, does it appear that the drive is 'spinning up' that is
>is the drive's motor starting? If not, then the drive may not be receiving
>enough power through the USB connection to come up to speed and thus would not
>appear as existing on the system. That was the case when I tried to use an
>external case and I had to get 'better' USB ports to run it.
>
>I'm just trying to help eliminate the hardware side of the problem equation.
>Sometimes the simplest things are the one's we overlook (like an upside down
>connector cable of which I've been a victim of <BSEG>. Fortunately, the drive
>was not fried by this.
>
>James McKenzie
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