' dmesg | tail | grep sd ' will output device when connected ( assuming its usb ) else use
' /sbin/fdisk -l ' find the disk, make a dir to mount it to ' mkdir /mnt/tempdrive ' then mount the drive to it ' mount /dev/sdX /mnt/tempdrive ' Assuming your kernel has the filesystem support. then you can CD into it deface On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 21:58 +0000, James wrote: > Hello, > > Previously it has been recommended to get a VE-225 cable > for a variety of uses. I'm trying to salvage the contents > of a hard drive, from a system that will not boot. Grub 1.5 > starts up, but it's like there's nothing there. > (The system is so old it does not have bios that allows booting > from any kid of CD). Since I got this new toy, I figured > I'd give it a whirl. It has a usb2.0 port, a connector that > fits right on the hard drive's ide port and a power supply > for the drive, all connected. > > The device looks like this in usbview: > USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge > Manufacturer: JMicron > Serial Number: 7D5776281303 > Speed: 480Mb/s (high) > USB Version: 2.00 > Device Class: 00(>ifc ) > Device Subclass: 00 > Device Protocol: 00 > Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 64 > Number of Configurations: 1 > Vendor Id: 152d > Product Id: 2338 > Revision Number: 1.00 > > Config Number: 1 > Number of Interfaces: 1 > Attributes: c0 > MaxPower Needed: 2mA > > Interface Number: 0 > Name: usb-storage > Alternate Number: 0 > Class: 08(stor.) > Sub Class: 6 > Protocol: 50 > Number of Endpoints: 2 > > Endpoint Address: 81 > Direction: in > Attribute: 2 > Type: Bulk > Max Packet Size: 512 > Interval: 0ms > > Endpoint Address: 02 > Direction: out > Attribute: 2 > Type: Bulk > Max Packet Size: 512 > Interval: 0ms > > I expected ivman to autodiscover the device and I'd just have > to cd into it. Obviously there's a little bit more to it. > > The box says the company is cables Unlimited. > > > Any wikis or such to help me figure out how to use this > device, to extract data from HDs directly,are most welcome. > > My keyword to post via Gmane is "dementia" so I'm > feelin lucky. > > > James >
