Re: Reading an old HDD
* Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> [24-10/05=Sat 10:48 +0700]:
> On 04/10/2024 14:19, Will Mengarini wrote:
>> * Ash Joubert [24-10/04=Fri 16:38 +1300]:
>>> - Do you see anything in "journalctl -f" when you plug in the USB enclosure?
>>
>> No output when I unplug it and replug it.
>
> Do you start "journalctl -f" as root (eg sudo)? It is rather
> strange that nothing is logged at all. I would expect
> at least some errors. It may be some issue with cables.
Yes, I am doing that as root. It has never shown any output for
the drive and enclosure in question, but it responds immediately
when I plug in a flash drive that has Debian netinst on it.
> Have you tried other USB ports? USB3/USB2,
> some ports may provide higher current.
Yes, several.
> Save output of of the following command to files when the enclosure is
> disconnected and connected and compare results
>
> lsusb -vt | tee /tmp/disconnected.txt
> lsusb -vt | tee /tmp/port1.txt
There is no difference.
> Try to connect the enclosure without the disk. It may appear
> in lsusb output and may generate some journalctl logs.
That's a clever idea, but it will be a while before I
can carefully unscrew the disk from the enclosure to try
it. First I need to try to restore from older backups.
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