Robert Nichols:
Jorge Luis wrote:
> I have a 200 MiB Maxtor HD that isn't being seen by the OS. I have it plugged
> into the system through an EIDE/USB converter hub. It appears that the drive
> isn't recognized, but the hub device is.
Was the drive powered up and ready when you plugged the converter into
the USB port? The scan is performed when the new USB connection is
seen, and if you want the drive to be seen it has to be ready at that
time. There's probably a way to force a re-scan later, but I don't
know what that might be.
Bob,
Thanks for the tip. I've actually tried the sequence you recommend, without
success.
Barring a very lucky attempt to fdisk the drive, I'm afraid I'm pretty much
screwed. I believe the drive failed when I bailed out of a GRUB configuration
in the middle of the operation. I hope I didn't damage any of the drive's
native electronics or the resident software that's written to a small hidden
partition.
Thanks,
JL
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