Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive?
On Aug 30, 2015, at 11:17 PM, CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 09:34:41PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> On Aug 30, 2015, at 9:12 PM, CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 08:21:26PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>>> Am I missing a driver for the USB3 card?
>>>> Are some USB3 chipsets not supported?
>>>> Am I missing something important?
>>>
>>> Does 'dmesg' show that the drive is seen and a /dev device is allocated
>>> to it when you plug it into the USB3 card?
>>
>> There is no /dev allocated to the disk drive when plugged into the USB3 board.
>
> Three possibilities IMO:
>
> * cable too dodgy for USB3 but not dodgy enough for USB2 to fail :)
> * card is dodgy (do you know that it actually does work?)
> * drivers are dodgy (can happen - is there a newer kernel you can try?)
Yet another possible possibility:
* Is the disk backward compatible with USB2? If so, does it work with a USB2 card? Might get rid of some variables.
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Glenn English
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