Re: Reading an old HDD
Am Freitag, 4. Oktober 2024, 04:57:19 CEST schrieb Will Mengarini:
> I have a freshly installed Debian stable and I'm trying to read an
> HDD from a previous machine. I put it into a disk enclosure that
> connects to the new machine by USB and powered everything up, but the
> stable Debian doesn't see the new disk that is connected by USB. Is
> there some driver or package that I need to install to make this work?
You say, it is connected by USB. You then should see the device with the
command
lsusb
when the usb-connector is plugged in. However, I have to precice it: You see
the controller of the case, you put your HDD in, not the hdd itself!
But, if you can see it, first step is done.
For further examinations I suggest, to do the following commmand as root
tail -f /var/log/syslog
in console and then watch its output by pluggin in and pluggin off the usb-
case with the built in hdd.
It should be detected.
If you still can not see the reason, I suggest, for copying the old date using
a livefile system like Knoppix, Debian-Live, Kali-Linux, TRK or whatever.
With those you might also be able, to check, if you can mount the usb-device
at all. If this fails, it looks just like your usb-case is incompatrible, try
another one if available. There are some USB3 cases, which can not well switch
to USB2-mode.
I suppose, it is an IDE-drive, and your controller of the mainboard does have
no more IDE-port, does it?
For more hints, i need more information., but that is, what comes in my mind
at the moment. Hope, it helps though.
Best regards and good luck!
Hans
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