On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 23:50 +0100, Laurent GUERBY wrote: > Lacie USB 2"5 external hard drive with power USB on my PC > and normal USB on the N800 started the automount process > but it was not completed successfully, probably not > enough combined juice to power the hard drive. Update: with 4 AA rechargeable batteries ("GP" 2400 mAh fully charged) in a 3.95 euros USB "power box", details here: http://www.conrad.fr/boitier_support_de_piles_p_19538_19562_486587_483495 I was able mount and use successfully the LACIE external USB 2"5 hard drive on my N800: # df -h Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mtdblock4 2.0M 2.0M 0 100% /mnt/initfs none 512.0k 132.0k 380.0k 26% /mnt/initfs/tmp /dev/mtdblock4 251.5M 215.9M 35.6M 86% / none 512.0k 132.0k 380.0k 26% /tmp none 1.0M 20.0k 1004.0k 2% /dev tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /dev/shm /dev/mmcblk0p1 1.9G 1.4G 470.1M 75% /media/mmc2 /dev/mmcblk1p1 3.8G 3.0G 880.0M 78% /media/mmc1 /dev/sda1 111.8G 24.4G 87.4G 22% /media/usb/sda1 [12131.671875] hub 1-0:1.0: 198mA power budget left Laurent