Re: USB Hard Drive on Debian (woody) - Kernel 2.4.24

From: Barry Skidmore (skidmore_at_digital-village.net)
Date: 01/31/04

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    Robert,

    The sd_mod module does not exist on my system. As I recall, when I
    compiled the 2.4.24 kernel, I did not include scsi support, as I forgot
    that it is required for usb drives. So, I need to recompile the kernel
    with scsi support, is that correct?

    Barry

    > When I tried using an external usb-hard disk with the System Rescue CD, I
    > had to load the scsi module manually (modprobe sd_mod). You should be
    > able to see if the drive has been attached to a device by doing
    >
    > dmesg
    >
    > and finding something like
    >
    > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
    >
    > Regards, 

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