satelliteuser083 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 I have just received a USB external drive which my mdv2008 box does not recognise. Initially I thought that it was a 2008 problem, but Win 2000 doesn't recognise it either. I then tried it on a friend's XP-box, with no problems. USB works perfectly with the printer and memory-stick, BTW, so I don't think that it's a hardware problem. :unsure: The USB-box's read-me says something like... "if it's still not working you may need to set up your BIOS". I've been into BIOS and the only thing that I can find remotely relating to USB says "Enable USB Legacy Emulation" (currently disabled). Doesn't sound the right thing to me, but has anyone else any ideas? My machine is a Tosh Sat Pro 4600. Thanks. [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 What does dmesg show? Plug it in, and please post the output of dmesg |tail -n 15 You may also look in the output of lshal |grep usb_device for your USB drive, and post anything that looks like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) Initially I thought that it was a 2008 problem, but Win 2000 doesn't recognise it either. I then tried it on a friend's XP-box, with no problems. USB works perfectly with the printer and memory-stick, BTW, so I don't think that it's a hardware problem. It's a hardware problem alright - i.e. the hardware on your mdv2008/win2K box. Legacy BIOS is for booting up with a usb mouse and keyboard and not relevant to your problem. If other usb devices are working then usb has been activated in your bios setup. Try different usb plugs with the device and see if there's any difference. Also, does this drive have a separate external power source? If not, then the drive is operating off the power from the usb plug/bus. That's very limited and hard drives are right at the maximum power threshold that usb can provide. External hard drives without external power supplies tend to behave erratically, working on some systems but not on others. Many have dual usb plugins to get more power. Edited January 30, 2008 by pmpatrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 If you're connecting via a hub or usb extention cable, try plugging the device directly into the port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Just in case, I've had problems with 4GB USB sticks not working under Linux. Just in case you have a 4GB one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Also, just in case, I have installed Puppy Linux on a 4G stick (formatted as FAT32) and I'm also saving files on that stick from windoze or any Linux distro I've tried without any issues. But there ***might*** be issues with U3 pendrives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted January 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Well, nexus, you've hit the nail right on the head and my apologies to everyone for not thinking of it myself :woops: . It occurred to me this morning that I'd plugged the drive directly into my friend's machine, so I tried that, which worked, of course. . And thanks for the tip about the higher power requirements of external disks, pmpatrick. Once again, my apologies to everyone, and many thanks for all of your help. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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