On 5 January 2014 20:07, atar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there! > > I've a Toshiba USB 3.0 hard disk drive and when I attach it directly to the > USB controller on my PC I succeed to mount it without any problem, but > surprisingly, when I attach it to my PC via a 4-port USB hub, things get > complicated. > > For some reason, the system registers the hard disk drive as a character > device under the name: '/dev/sg3' and the mount command refuses to mount it > and emits the following error messages: > > Error reading bootsector: Illegal seek > Failed to sync device /dev/sg3: Invalid argument > Failed to mount '/dev/sg3': Illegal seek > > What should I do in order to be able to mount the HDD via the USB hub too? > > Regards, > > atar. >
I think I saw similar issues once, and the problem was that the USB port was not providing enough power. Does the hub have any way of attaching an external power source? I. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/op.w88cvhp0e4gg2u@localhost > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAD2jOMMnT-+XC_2J9=ZmHucERK8LC4-4hVfV3u_=6jtz_de...@mail.gmail.com
