I purchased a 80GB hi-speed Hard drive (USB2.0), but when I plug it, I get only (from lsusb) Bus 005 Device 007: ID 04b4:6830 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. USB-2.0 IDE Adapter and from var/log/messages : Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Hitachi HTS541680J9AT00 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sdb: sdb1 Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk Oct 13 16:24:43 Casa kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 any help??? -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag