meanburrito920
April 16th, 2010, 12:47 PM
I've noticed recently that whenever I plug my Iomega external drive into my computer, it often will not immediately recognize that the drive has been attached.
On most occasions, I will have to run "sudo fdisk -l" or "sudo lshw -class disk" in order for the disk to be recognized. Both these methods will fail sometimes and claim that the device is not attached. Only by running them repeatedly can I get them to see the HD. Furthermore, they often hang while attempting to read from the external HD.
I have fsck'd the external HD and there appears to be nothing wrong with it. I have attempted to connect it using other cables, and that has no effect. I have another external Iomega (which is a few years older) which recognizes almost immediately after being plugged in.
Can anyone possibly shed any light on this issue? I would really appreciate it.
On most occasions, I will have to run "sudo fdisk -l" or "sudo lshw -class disk" in order for the disk to be recognized. Both these methods will fail sometimes and claim that the device is not attached. Only by running them repeatedly can I get them to see the HD. Furthermore, they often hang while attempting to read from the external HD.
I have fsck'd the external HD and there appears to be nothing wrong with it. I have attempted to connect it using other cables, and that has no effect. I have another external Iomega (which is a few years older) which recognizes almost immediately after being plugged in.
Can anyone possibly shed any light on this issue? I would really appreciate it.