Re: [Hampshire] USB hard disk not auto-mounting in Ubuntu

On 24/05/07, Vic <lug@???> wrote:
> > May 24 11:24:20 ss07 kernel: [910950.967176] scsi 8:0:0:0: scsi:
> > Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
>
> Ewww. That's not a good sign...

Dat's what I thought. Haven't tried googling for it yet, though.
>
> > I fear the disk is hosed.
>
> Before you do anything too drastic - how are you powering the disk?
>
> If you're trying to power it off a single USB connector, power is marginal
> ate best; my housing has a two-connector lead so that it powers off two
> ports. And even that has *no hope* on my PCMCIA card...

No, this one has its own external supply from a mains power brick..
Does mean that it's not very 'portable', but no demand on the host
system.