On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, James Lockie wrote: > My USB Flash drive pops up a "new medium has been detected" but my USB > hard does not (it used too but I upgraded something :-(). > > The dmesg output for my USB Flash drive: > sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdg > sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type > > The dmesg output for my USB hard drive drive: > sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdg > sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 > > Notice the hard drive is not detected as removable.
Because it isn't removable. It's hot-pluggable. "Removable" means you can easily change the media. For example, an SD flash card reader is a removable storage device. So is a CD-ROM drive, and so were the old Zip drives. With your hard drive, the only way to change the media is to take a screwdriver, open up the case, and swap out the physical drive unit for a different one. That's not so easy! :-) Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
