Hello, Slackware current with kernel 2.6.13 here

I'd like to install my new gadget, IDE-to-USB converter but I can't find any tutorial to do that. I gather information from web, but I can't find useful advices. When I connect HDD, I can see in /var/log/messages:

Sep 9 19:35:37 prawniczy kernel: usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Sep 9 19:36:06 prawniczy kernel: usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Sep 9 19:36:07 prawniczy kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Sep 9 19:36:18 prawniczy kernel: usb 1-7: USB disconnect, address 4
Sep 9 19:36:18 prawniczy kernel: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0

Can you help me with installing that? I read that I should have SCSI support and USB Mass Storage compiled in, hdd has to be set in master mode, I also connect cables in order described in instruction attached to converter.
I'd notice, that my USB Pendrive which I connect to the same USB port is working perfectly. What should I do? Please for help and thanks in advance

Barca

Is this an external box for an IDE disk? If the USB mass storage driver is working (as it seems yours is) this should work immediately. But I have seen reports that some external USB boxes have problems, and I was pretty careful when buying one recently to get a brand known to work.

Since you already have the latest kernel its hard to know what to suggest. Does Slack give you the option of installing udev to handle pluggable devices?

It's exactly this: http://www.adarnet.pl/product_info.p...ducts_id/10733

I don't know what chipset is used by my converter. When I'm doing lsusb, process "lsusb" hangs up and even kill -9 doesn't help. I have udev installed but how can it help me?

First you should turn on the hard drive. After it has spin up, connect it to the USB port on the computer.

Make sure the modules listed are loaded:
sd_mod
usb-storage

If the ub module is loaded, put in the blacklist file in /etc/hotplug. The module ub should never be used. By typing fdisk -l as root or su you should be able to see /dev/sda

The drive can be set as either master or cable select.

Thx, I'll give it a try and post info about results

YEAH, it works!
On 2.6.13 I compiled:

$ cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep SCSI

# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# SCSI device support
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
# SCSI Transport Attributes
# CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS is not set
# SCSI low-level drivers
# CONFIG_SCSI_3W_9XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_AHCI is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SVW is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_ATA_PIIX=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_NV is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_PROMISE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_QSTOR is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SX4=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SIL is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SIS=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_ULI is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_VIA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_VITESSE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IMM is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_IPR=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPR_TRACE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPR_DUMP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA21XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA22XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2300 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2322 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA6312 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLA24XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LPFC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC395x is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NSP32 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
# NOTE: USB_STORAGE enables SCSI, and 'SCSI disk support' may also be needed; see USB_STORAGE Help for more information

Lsmod shows mod usb_storage.
Hope it helps anyone else with similar problem. Thx for help