Re: USB Enclosure for ATA Disk not working

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan Stern on Sunday 02 Jul 2006 03:31 wrote:
> I doubt very much that there is a problem with the usb-storage driver.> 
So this is a valid bug ?
> The enclosure might also be okay.  Have you tried connecting it directly> to your computer instead of going through an intermediate hub?  Maybe the> hub or one of the cables is the source of the problem.> > Or perhaps your device needs some sort of blacklist entry.> > USB devices sometimes have strange hardware incompatibilities for no> apparent reason.  For example, I have a USB drive enclosure that doesn't> work on one of my computers.  Other USB mass storage devices work okay on> the same computer using the same USB cable.  The enclosure and cable both> work okay when attached to a different computer.  And if I use a different> cable with both the original computer and enclosure, again they work.> > In other words, changing any one of the three components (computer,> enclosure, or cable) is enough to make things work.  In that situation> it's hard to say that any one of them is at fault.> > If you want to get more details about what's going wrong, try turning on> USB mass storage verbose debugging in the kernel configuration> (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG) and look at the dmesg log.> 
I tried all the mix and match you've mentioned. In all cases I'm getting thesame failure.
All I'm left now is to try with another cable. If that doesn't help I'll have tochange the enclosure.
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