On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 12:47 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Robert Wuest wrote: > > I bought a Cables-to-go USB to IDE/SATA Adapter (Model # 30504) to read > > some old drives sitting around. I hook it up and it seems to connect > > and tell the host that it's there. But it doesn't mount automatically, > > and I can't mount it manually. In fact, I can't seem to read it at all. > > > <------------------------[ SNIP ]-----------------> > > > Does this adapter have its own power supply for the drive, or does > it gets its power from the USB bus? One thing I have found with the > ones that have their own power supply is that you need to turn on > the drive power before plugging in the USB cable. This gives the > drive time to spin up before the computer asks for the drive > information. (External cases do not seen to have this problem.) > > On the other hand, if it uses the USB bus for power, they usually > have double USB plugs, one of witch is power only. It tends to work > better if you plug in the power plug first, let the drive spin up, > and then plug in the data connector. > > Mikkel > -- It has a separate power supply. This seems to do it. 1. Disconnect everything. 2. Connect adapter to drive. 3. Connect power to drive. 4. Wait a few seconds. 5. Plug adapter USB into computer. When I do it just like that, it works fine. Auto mounts. Perfect. Many Thanks, Robert -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
