Hi there; I have an ATA hard disk permanently connected to my system using a "USB to IDE" adapter. I use this hard disk for my data files, so I don't need to access it at boot time. I have been using it for a long time, and It worked fine with fedora core 6 (kernel 2.6.20). It was recognized immediately, automatically mounted when I log in. Yesterday, I installed fedora 7 (kernel 2.6.21). While booting I get the following error a few times
"device descriptor read/64, error -71" and the hard disk is not recognized, and no device files are created in the /dev directory. Thinking I had a problem with my USB hardware, I tried connecting a 2 GBytes Kingston Flash disk to another USB port on my system. Not only did the USB Flash disk work, but also the USB hard disk (that didn't work initially) was immediately recognized, and mounted. It seems all what was needed was for the USB kernel module to rescan the USB bus. I am not really good at such stuff, but it looks to me as if it may be a timing problem, or something needs to be done before attempting to scan the USB bus. Does anyone know a way that would get this hard disk recognized automatically at boot time?? Thanks a lot in advance for your co-operation Ahmed ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
