USB hard drive

[Jacques B.]

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> > >Can you list what happens when you plug the hard drive in whilst Linux
> > >is booted?
> > >
> > >Can you try the hard drive in another system (a Windows one would help
> > >with debugging)?
> > >
> > > > The USB hard drive is FAT32, could that be an issue?
> > >
Small world, I had the same issue today (not a FC system, but a Linux
system so quite likely similar reasons).  When I had a Maxtor 40 gig
in the USB 2.0 enclosure  my laptop with a bootable Linux CD could see
that drive.  But when I put in a Western Digital 40 gig drive it
couldn't see that drive properly (some errors in dmesg waiting for
drive to be ready, and some other such message).  I know the drive is
valid because I had viewed it under a Windows system (doing a forensic
acquisition) and was using a Linux box to re-hash the drive for
validation.  I wonder if the problem might be with certain brand
drives working properly with Linux while in a USB enclosure?

Jacques B.