Hi Nik, On Monday 10 December 2018 19:33:50 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Montag, 10. Dezember 2018 schrieb Baron: > > Hi Dan, Guys, > > > > On Monday 10 December 2018 16:59:25 Dan Youngquist wrote: > > > On 12/08/2018 12:23 PM, Baron wrote: > > > > If I have a HDD connected via a USB adaptor, I've found that > > > > after an initial plugging and use, then safely removing it, > > > > going back to it, in the same session, it may or may not be > > > > recognised. > > > > > > I've always had a similar problem when using Safely Remove. > > > The solution is to use Unmount rather than Safely Remove; then > > > you can mount & unmount it as many times as you like with no > > > problems. > > > > I will try that option ! > > However I think I've killed my USB - HDD adaptor ! Non of the > > machines that I have now even recognise that I've plugged the > > thing in. That's two desktops and my laptop. The ports are OK > > since they all recognise my USB sticks. > > > > I'll order a new one and try again. > > What does dmesg say when plugging in? Absolutely nothing, but if I plug in a USB stick I get this, [ 7258.600228] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [ 7258.694671] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1aa6, idProduct=0201 [ 7258.694676] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber =3 [ 7258.694680] usb 1-1.1: Product: USB 2.0 Flash [ 7258.694683] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: USB [ 7258.694685] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 05100846020087 [ 7258.745210] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 7258.745352] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0 [ 7258.745408] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 7259.745916] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB USB 2.0 Flash 1.00 PQ : 0 ANSI: 0 [ 7259.746137] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 7259.746987] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 127104 512-byte logical blocks: (65.0 MB/62.0 M iB) [ 7259.747756] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 7259.747759] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 7259.748356] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found [ 7259.748357] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 7259.754413] sdb: sdb1 [ 7259.757635] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 7260.385411] FAT-fs (sdb1): utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT files ystems, filesystem will be case sensitive! When I remove it this line gets added. [ 7902.788999] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 3 Does this help ? -- Best Regards: Baron --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting