Maxtor Mini External Hard Drive

Sat Apr 12 01:25:50 UTC 2008

Tried "dmesg" and there is plenty of ref to the usb maxtor 
so i guess its sorta being detected any further thoughts ?
Cheers
Tony

   [   22.630307] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
   [   22.630342] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found

   [   23.769697] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
   [   23.769818] scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
   [   23.769885] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
   [   23.769889] USB Mass Storage support registered.
   [   23.770000] usb-storage: device found at 2
   [   23.770002] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
   [   23.818873] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
   [   23.825366] Probing IDE interface ide1...
   [   24.685777] hdc: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42N, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
   [   25.022467] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
   [   25.035944] hda: max request size: 512KiB
   [   25.047613] hda: 78242976 sectors (40060 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63, UDMA(100)
   [   25.047839] hda: cache flushes supported
   [   25.047898]  hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 >
   [   25.088136] hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(66)
   [   25.088148] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
   [   25.293424] Attempting manual resume
   [   25.293430] swsusp: Resume From Partition 3:5
   [   25.293432] PM: Checking swsusp image.
   [   25.293612] PM: Resume from disk failed.
   [   25.309864] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
   [   25.309870] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
   [   28.732933] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
   [   28.732958] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
   [   28.733189] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
   [   28.761083] usb-storage: device scan complete
   [   29.506787] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Maxtor   OneTouch III     0364 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
   [   37.494918] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
   [   38.724214] NET: Registered protocol family 17

   [   39.469452] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
   [   39.540104] agpgart: Detected VIA KM400/KM400A chipset
   [   39.548116] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000

   [   40.651521]     Additional sense: Invalid command operation code
   [   40.653914] SCSI device sda: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB)
   [   40.658709] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
   [   40.658715] sda: assuming drive cache: write through[   40.665008]     Additional sense: Invalid command operation code
   [   40.665500] SCSI device sda: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB)USB Mass Storage devices
   [ 2106.014557] usb-storage: device found at 3
   [ 2106.014559] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
   [ 2111.012214] usb-storage: device scan complete
   [ 2111.778253] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Maxtor   OneTouch III     0364 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
   [ 2111.811409] sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
   [ 2623.639096] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 3
   [ 2634.634261] usb 4-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
   [ 2634.782338] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
   [ 2634.782599] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
   [ 2634.782761] usb-storage: device found at 4
   [ 2634.782763] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
   [ 2639.776429] usb-storage: device scan complete
   [ 2640.543227] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Maxtor   OneTouch III     0364 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
   [ 2640.576495] sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
   [ 2640.576503] : Current: sense key: Illegal Request
   [ 2640.576506]     Additional sense: Invalid command operation code
   [ 2640.577205] SCSI device sda: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB)

> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:43:40 -0400
> From: corey at 31415926535.com
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Maxtor Mini External Hard Drive
> 
> Tony Corbett wrote:
> > yep , its usb, and definately plugged in
> > and not showing in PLACES
> > 
> >> Corey Bettenhausen wrote:
> >>> Tony Corbett wrote:
> >>>> Hi, I have just loaded Ubuntu 7.04 to give it a go  and need to figure out how to get my EHD connected.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have previously reloaded Windows NT I have had to download  software for the EHD from the Seagate / Maxtor tech support site. This site makes no referecne ot reqyiuirmeents for linux etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a Maxtor One touch III Mini ehd.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any help would be great. Keep it simple - im new to U.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers Tony
> >>> I'm not familiar with the particular drive that you mention, but I'll 
> >>> assume it's a USB or firewire drive?  If so, have you just tried to plug 
> >>> it in?
> >>> -Corey
> >> Further, Windows NT didn't natively support USB.  That's why you had to 
> >> install software from Maxtor to get it to work.  Ubuntu does support 
> >> USB.  So you should be able to just plug it in and it should show up on 
> >> your desktop or through "Places" in the menu bar at the top of your screen.
> >> Cheers,
> >> -Corey
> 
> Has the drive been formatted yet?
> To see if the drive has been detected at all, open a terminal window 
> (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal), plug in the drive, and type 
> "dmesg" (without quotes) in the terminal window.  If the drive is being 
> detected, you should see some lines indicating that a new USB device has 
> been attached.
> -Corey
> 
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