Author: Graeme Hilton Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Mounting a USB drive
Vic wrote: > "lspci -v" (as root) might tell you something about what the USB subsystem
> thinks it's doing...
> *Compiled in* or built as a module? > lsmod might throw some light on things...
> I don't have access as I'm now at home, but the server definitely has
usb capabilities. Does it make much of a difference whether the
functionality is compiled in or in modules? >> I really hope it's not a dead drive :-(
>>
>
> If it were a dead drive, I'd expect to see at least /dev/sde; if it were a
> trashed interface, I wouldn't expect to see anything at all. It *might* be
> an interface that is mis-reporting itself, but I suspect a kernel module
> has become unloaded.. It worked it another machine so there's definitely something up with the
server rather than the disk.
I'll have another look tomorrow, before I leave the office for another
trip away...
