Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-04-01 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:28:09 +0100 schrieb Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de: Am Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:04:05 +0100 schrieb Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de: [...] OK, I'll follow up there, then. I finally did that, now that I tested with vanilla-sources-3.19.2. See for example

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-22 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:04:05 +0100 schrieb Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de: [...] OK, I'll follow up there, then. I finally did that, now that I tested with vanilla-sources-3.19.2. See for example http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/124047. I also opened a bug at

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-11 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:38:03 -0700 schrieb walt w41...@gmail.com: On 03/10/2015 10:12 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: is there a specialised ML for the Linux USB stack? Yes, I follow it on gmane.org as gmane.linux.usb.general (not sure what the real name of the mailing list is) and Sarah Sharp is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-10 Thread Marc Joliet
Hi while I haven't had a chance to try the external HDD on my brother's Windows computer yet, I did notice one thing: when I turn the HDD off (i.e., unplug its AC) for several hours and turn it back on (with my PC still running the entire time) the problem does *not* show up. I would think that

[gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-10 Thread walt
On 03/10/2015 10:12 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: is there a specialised ML for the Linux USB stack? Yes, I follow it on gmane.org as gmane.linux.usb.general (not sure what the real name of the mailing list is) and Sarah Sharp is the xhci driver maintainer. She was very helpful and patient when I was

[gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-10 Thread Hans
On 10/03/15 19:45, Marc Joliet wrote: Hi while I haven't had a chance to try the external HDD on my brother's Windows computer yet, I did notice one thing: when I turn the HDD off (i.e., unplug its AC) for several hours and turn it back on (with my PC still running the entire time) the problem

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-10 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Wed, 11 Mar 2015 02:58:20 +1000 schrieb Hans li...@interworld.net.au: [...] Have a very similar problem with a USB drive. Resolved it by installing a toggle switch into the DC power line and switched the drive on when I did a backup. I.e. power up the PC, login, power up the USB drive. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-10 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:33:13 -0800 schrieb walt w41...@gmail.com: [...] I once hated replies containing the question Does it work under Windows? but a bit of experience with usb3 external drives has made me rethink the matter. Here's my thinking: if the usb3 drive works correctly with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-10 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 05:38:03PM -0700, walt wrote: On 03/10/2015 10:12 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: is there a specialised ML for the Linux USB stack? Yes, I follow it on gmane.org as gmane.linux.usb.general (not sure what the real name of the mailing list is) and Sarah Sharp is the xhci

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-07 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:33:13 -0800 schrieb walt w41...@gmail.com: On 03/06/2015 11:44 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: mega-snip What happens is that when I (cold) boot my desktop, my external Toshiba 3TB drive (which is always connected via USB3) is detected, but cannot mount. It *does* work

[gentoo-user] Re: External HDD: sector size incorrectly detected on first connect

2015-03-06 Thread walt
On 03/06/2015 11:44 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: mega-snip What happens is that when I (cold) boot my desktop, my external Toshiba 3TB drive (which is always connected via USB3) is detected, but cannot mount. It *does* work once I unplug the USB3 plug and plug it back in. I once hated replies