On 2009/05/09 00:57 (GMT+0200) Carlos E. R. composed:
On Friday, 2009-05-08 at 18:30 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2009/05/08 23:43 (GMT+0200) Carlos E. R. composed:
On Friday, 2009-05-08 at 11:02 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
His USB device was *once* seen by Vista
On a different machine. And there are issues with 11.0 and USB disks.
No issues with 11.0 and his other USB disks.
Yes, there are issues. I have them reported,
Maybe you are not so good with English as your native language? There were _no_ issues with 11.0 and *** H I S *** other USB disks, which you could not have reported, since problems with *** H I S *** other USB disks and 11.0 have not been reported to us.
His USB device was several times seen by 11.0
Not fully.
/proc/partitions told me all I needed to know. It was there, however briefly...
Not true.
Absolutely true. Read what I wrote again. /proc/partitions told *** M E *** all *** I *** needed to know, which is that: 1-sometimes the kernel sees it, and sometimes not 2-there are no recognizable partitions on it (confirmed by the OP's writings upthread - he tried, but failed, to create any)
I really don't think the bother of a 11.1 installation prior to testing and partitioning the HD while directly attached to an SATA port stands much chance of providing useful data, except maybe to other users or potential users of his model WD SATA HD and/or USB enclosure.
But Vista saw the drive fine, so the
We didn't get details on what Vista did. We do know that the OP did not permit the Vista user to attempt to partition it, but he did not say how many attempts were made to connect or disconnect it from Vista, or whether more than one was required to achieve success.
disk is supposedly good. The issue might be software support. So we can learn something from direct connection, so we can learn from newer software (kernel) version. One doesn't negate the other.
Have you read all the OP's posts in this thread? We can't expect him to reinstall a previously rejected OS just so that _maybe_ _we_ can learn more than what we already know. The next order of business is as several of us recommended, and the OP concurred, which is to directly connect the WD SATA HD to a motherboard SATA port to determine if it is the HD itself that has a problem. If the HD works on the SATA port, then the next step should be to use his external enclosure's SATA port, instead of its USB port, to connect to his computer's SATA port. If that also works, then the likelihood of USB failure goes from high to certain, from which it will remain to determine whether the enclosure can be reliably used on _any_ computer, or if in fact the problem is with _both_ 11.0 _and_ with Mac 10.5.x. I'm betting there's nothing that can be done with any OS that can make that particular device work reliably in USB mode. -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org