External HD

[Werner Punz]

DE DOMMELIN Alexandre (LaoTseu) wrote:
> HI !
> 
> I've bought an external box for HD. It's an USB2 one.
> I'm trying to make it running on my laptop and it doesn't work.
> I've loaded "usb-storage" => nothing 
> There's no line about a new peripheral connected through USB 
> in /var/log/messages nor /var/log/syslog
> 
Probably not partitioned and formatted
try fdisk or qtparted, in qtparted you can instantly see
if there is an unpartitioned harddisk on /dev/sdx (usb harrdrives are
recognized as scsi disks )