From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SRPSz-0003aA-R3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2012 15:03:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B5358E0768 for ; Mon, 7 May 2012 15:03:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.80]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD29EE0700 for ; Mon, 7 May 2012 13:35:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.36]) by qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 71bQ1j0030mlR8UA81bWJU; Mon, 07 May 2012 13:35:30 +0000 Received: from ajax ([24.11.47.14]) by omta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 71bU1j01W0JMh7c8X1bVff; Mon, 07 May 2012 13:35:29 +0000 Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 09:34:58 -0400 From: Frank Peters To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Drivers For USB HDD Message-Id: <20120507093458.a9840e1f.frank.peters@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4FA7A94E.7010009@digital-trauma.de> References: <20120506142920.8c2e0f06.frank.peters@comcast.net> <4FA7A94E.7010009@digital-trauma.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.4 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 38007e20-08c7-4e29-bd63-f01ef72b2e01 X-Archives-Hash: f696af60171d8b41561f1763a410da0c On Mon, 07 May 2012 12:51:58 +0200 Thomas R=C3=B6sner wrote: > > What you also need is sd (which creates the accordingly=20 > named /dev/sd? device). >=20 Since I use SATA exclusively, sd is built in to the kernel. As Paul Hartman has indicated, all that should be necessary are the sg and usb-storage modules. The Seagate drive has already been returned to the seller. I am expecting a Western Digital Elements 2TB USB HDD to arrive in a few days. If this new drive also fails then I will post more information. Frank Peters