USB trouble with external hard disk

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, dem 23.02.2025 um 18:30 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-
users:
> On Sun, 2025-02-23 at 16:56 +0100, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > The cable is, most likely, black. I can't see it for sure, because I
> > suffer from a red-green-insufficiency (My translation. It's
> > "Rot-Grün-Schwäche" in German).
> 
> IIRC Gene (not Liam) has had bad experiences with certain red SATA
> cables, but these are usually not needed at all, as the SATA drive is
> normally plugged directly into the board wirelessly. USB cables can of
> course also break.

SATA cables don't concern me here. It has to be an external hard disk.

Bye,
Volker