Can't detect an external 500GB HDD

[Vladimir]

I did dmesg | tail before and after plugged the device in. No change in 
output.
I have suspicious it's either a problem with computer BIOS or will investigate 
kernel.

Thanks anyway,

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:53:51 am Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> Vladimir wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Got new an external hard disk drive with USB and eSATA ports.
> > When I plug it in lsusb doesn't detect this new device.
> > I have two boxes Kubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27 and Fedora 11, 2.6.30 I
> > think; none can see this device.
> > On another machine running WinXP the device properly recognized means not
> > faulty.
> >
> > Any help would appreciate.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vlad
>
>  open a konsole session, and plug the HDD. 10 seconds after you plug it,
> type in konsole:
>
> dmesg | tail
>
> and tell me what the output of the command is. thanks.



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