I just got a new USB disk drive and have encountered some interesting
problems trying to use it. If I connect it to my Dell mini-server,
everything works as expected (it appears as /dev/sdc and can be put
through the usual fdisk, mkfs routine) After that, the disk is
mounted and an icon appears on the desktop. Fedora Core 3, kernel
2.6.12-1.1378_FC3smp.
Trying it on my Thinkpad laptop either on the built-in USB1.1 ports or
through a CardBus USB2.0 adapter, I get no indication that the drive
can be used. Fedora 7, kernel 2.6.22.5-49 Text from dmesg:
new high speed USB device
device not accepting address
Trying it on my Presario laptop, built-in USB2.0 ports. If I boot the
system with the drive connected it appears as /dev/sdb, is mounted as
/media/usbdisk and can be used. If I unmount it (from the GUI)
/dev/sdb goes away and I can't get it back. Ubuntu 7.10, kernel
2.6.22-14. If I unplug it and re-plug, nothing happens. Not even new
text from dmesg.
I think I need a method for re-initializing the USB system without
rebooting the computer.
Various Google expeditions have not helped me. This was supposed to
be a half-hour getting the new drive set up. So far it has been about
6 hours with some time off for dinner.
carl
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