On Sat, 2 Jan 2016, pkix wrote: > Hello, > > I have Logilink USB SATA HDD docking station with two slots: > http://www.logilink.com/Quickport_USB_30_for_two_2_5_Zoll_plus_3_5_Zoll_SATA.htm > > The problem is that Linux detects only one of the disks inserted. > Disk in slot B gets detected only when the disk from slot A is removed. ... > The issue is Linux specific, because the same machine when booted in > Windows 7 > detects both disks without installing any vendor drivers: > http://imgur.com/Fakviqk > > Any ideas? > Could it be that Linux does not detect the second storage device > because LogiLink provides the same SerialNumber for both disks? No, that's not the reason. The kernel pretty much ignores the serial numbers. To get more information, try collecting a usbmon trace showing what happens when the docking station is attached with both disks present (see Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt for instructions). Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
