[ubuntu-za] lacie rugged, external hdd

[David Mark Bodmer]

um using usb

i pluged it in and ran dmesg and got

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[16902.293046] usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address
7
[16902.433527] usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[16902.434830] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[16902.442036] usb-storage: device found at 7
[16902.442048] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[16907.440235] usb-storage: device scan complete
[16907.508599] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     TOSHIBA
MK3252GSX             PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
[16907.511315] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073
MB)
[16907.511812] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[16907.511819] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
[16907.511825] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[16907.512561] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073
MB)
[16907.513257] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[16907.513265] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
[16907.513270] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[16907.513281]  sdb: sdb1 < sdb5 >
[16907.523198] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[16907.523417] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
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i dont quite understand that all, but i hope u can make some sence of it.

thank you


On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Morgan Collett <morgan at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:42, David Mark Bodmer <david.bodmer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > is there away of using a lacie rugged, external hdd with ubuntu intrepid,
> > because ubuntu doesn't even notice that it's pluged in.
> >
> > I would be very grateful if someone could help me
>
> Did you connect it via USB or firewire?
>
> What do you see if you run dmesg before and after plugging it in? (In
> other words, what gets added...)
>
> Regards
> Morgan
>
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Regards
David Bodmer

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