I have a C810 Dell laptop (same as Inspiron 8100) and and external Firewire HardDrive. This HD used to work properly (it was automatically detected during the installation of MDK 9.0): /dev/sda1 to /dev/sda5 were mounted as /dev/fire1 to /dev/fire5. Then, I didn't use it for a couple of weeks: the HD was no longer plugged to the laptop.
I wanted to use it this week. But there is a problem: /dev/sda* are not present. I checked the HD on a PC Windows, it works well.
I followed the explanations on http://people.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/~kgadeyne/linux/dell.html#ieee1394, http://www.linux1394.org/doc/libraw1394/book1.html, http://www.linux1394.org/faq.html#sbp2 and http://www.linux1394.org/sbp2.html.
Here is what I did:
_the nodes /dev/raw1394 and /dev/video1394 already existed
_modprobe ohci1394 raw1394
_used the script to scan the SCSI devices (http://www.linux1394.org/sbp2.html): only the DVD is displayed
Here are some messages: _HardDrake: the FireWire controller is in the Unknow/Other section: vendor: Texas Instrument Bus: PCI IDs: 104c:8027:1028:e5 Position on bus: 2:f:2 Description: PCI4451 OHCI-Lynx IEEE 1394 Controller Module: ohci1394 Class: SERIAL-FIREWIRE
_gscanbus: the Firewire controller (S400 Linux OHCI-1394) is connected to the external HD (S400 BAFO, BAFO is the external enclosure brand)
Results displayed by gscanbus:
Physical ID:0
Link Active: Yes
Gap Count: 63
PHY Speed: S400
PHY Delay: <=144ns
IRM Capable: No
Power Class: -1W
Port 0: not connected (this is also a Firewire hub)
Port A: COnnected to parent node
Init reset: No
_results of testlibraw: successfully got handle current generation number: 1 1 card(s) found nodes on bus: 2, card name: ohci1394 using first card found: 2 nodes on bus, local ID is 1, IRM is 1
doing transactions with custom tag handler
trying to send read request to node 0... failed with error: Operation not permitted
trying to send read request to node 1... completed with value 0xc397d21d
using standard tag handler and synchronous calls trying to read from node 0... failed with error: Operation not permitted trying to read from node 1... completed with value 0x51f3d21d
testing FCP monitoring on local node got fcp command from node 1 of 8 bytes: 01 23 45 67 89 ab cd ef got fcp response from node 1 of 8 bytes: 01 23 45 67 89 ab cd ef
polling for leftover messages
I don't understand why the HD is not recognized. How can I create the /dev/sda*?
Thank you
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