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Re: IDE to USB Adapter SOLVED?



On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 05:32:18PM +0200, Matt Miller wrote:
> > My new Vantec SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter is not being recognized
> > under etch.
> 
> Okay, it's working fine now.  Apparently I wasn't attaching things in
> the right order.  I needed to first power up the device, and then plug the
> USB cable into my computer.  If I reboot my computer with the device
> already plugged in then the device is not recognized until I unplug it
> and plug it back in.

Since the kernel will see it as a USB drive, you probably don't have to
reboot.  Power on the device, plug it in, udev should see it and a
/dev/sd* will be created.

Doug.



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