[GLLUG] Accessing Data on an IOMega HDD040 desktop HD

[Craig Weaver]

from a shell in Ubuntu right after you plug it in, if you run sudo dmesg,
does the usb device show up?

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:27 PM, bfdamkoehler <bfdamkoehler at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
> Does anything show up in /var/log/messages when you plug in the USB cable?
> When you unplug it?
>
> The fact that the blue light lights up seems to indicate that at least part
> of the USB is working (newer USB drives don't tend to power up unless a USB
> cable is plugged in). Have you tried a different USB cable?
>
> Ian Walker wrote:
>
>> Sounds to me like the USB bridge could be bad. Pop the drive out and put
>> it into a known-good enclosure?
>>
>> --
>> Ian Walker
>> Sent from my mobile.
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Bring it to the bbq?
>>>
>>> On 6/13/10, Frank Dolinar <frank.dolinar at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, everyone,
>>>> I'm trying to get at the data on an IOMega HDD040 desktop HD.
>>>> The device appears to be functional, nice blue LED on top tells me it's
>>>> getting power and a very low level hum indicating
>>>> This is a USB device and I've tried connecting to it from WinXP, Ubuntu
>>>> 9.10, and Mac OS X, to no avail. It is utterly invisible.
>>>> The IOMega site indicates that there is no separate driver for this
>>>> device because it's a USB device and such drivers are built into modern
>>>> operating systems.
>>>> That's the theory anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Frank
>>>>
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