On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, David Relson wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm trying to put together an external USB hard drive for backup. To > that end I have a brand new Seagate HD and a KingWin KH-350U-S 3.5" USB > enclosure. > > FWIW, I'm running Mandrake linux with a 2.6.8.1-12mdk kernel. When I > plug in the USB cable two messages are written to /var/log/syslog: > > Dec 15 21:14:13 osage kernel: usb 4-1: new high speed USB device using > address 2 > Dec 15 21:14:13 osage kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage > devices > > With my USB memory stick these two lines are followed by Vendor and > other info, but that doesn't happen with the USB enclosure.
It's possible that the enclosure doesn't supply any Vendor or Product strings. If they aren't present they won't be printed in the log. That's not an error. > Loaded modules include: > > ehci-hcd, scsi_mod, uhci-hcd, usbcore, and usb-storage > > The enclosure/HD combo work on my kids' Win98 machine, which identifies > the USB chipset manufacturer as Cypress. As a guess, Cypress is a > non-supported chipset. Alternatively, I may have the wrong modules > loaded. > > Any suggestions on how to learn more about what's going on and maybe > even get it to work??? Isn't it working already? Nothing in your message above indicates that there's any problem. And by the way, the Cypress chipset _is_ supported. You may need to load the sd_mod module in addition to the ones you listed above. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
