HardDrive not detected on plugin

unkn(0)wn · 08-06-2013, 06:41 AM

Hello all,

I am using Debian Wheezy 7.0.1 64 bit. Whenever i plugin my External HDD. Nothing shows up or no notification. Even `fdisk -l` wont show my drive. But when i reboot after pluging in my HDD. HDD works perfectly.

Is there any way to get my HDD working at the time i plug it in? WIthout restarting?

chrism01 · 08-06-2013, 06:42 AM

Try checking dmesg when you plug it in; might give a clue

unkn(0)wn · 08-06-2013, 06:48 AM

I digged some kerl.log. Here's what it says when i plugged in

Quote:

Aug 6 15:24:21 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 77.720971] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
Aug 6 15:24:21 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 77.720977] usbhid: USB HID core driver
Aug 6 16:54:48 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5502.061589] usb 4-2: device not accepting address 2, error -12
Aug 6 16:54:48 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5502.061712] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:53 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5507.366744] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:54 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5507.558569] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:54 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5507.750471] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:54 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5507.942419] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:54 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5508.134269] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:54 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5508.326158] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:55 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5508.518027] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:55 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5508.709959] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:55 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5508.901852] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:55 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5509.093703] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:55 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5509.285661] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:55 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5509.477539] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device
Aug 6 16:54:56 unkn0wn-XPS kernel: [ 5509.673435] hub 4-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device

EDIT:

Note that i am using USB3.0 External in USB3.0 USB PORT. I added this because i found some bugs related to it. Is this a bug too?
Any helps from it?

suicidaleggroll · 08-06-2013, 09:00 AM

I've seen errors like that on an embedded Linux device before, ended up adding a powered USB hub between the computer and the hard drive and it fixed the problem. I'm still not sure what the underlying cause was.

unkn(0)wn · 08-20-2013, 08:50 AM

Hello all,

I have configured fstab via UUID. And it works great. Now below is the scenario when problems occurs.

BOOT -> Debian -> OK (Hard Drive works Perfectly)
BOOT -> Windows - > (Reboot) -> Debian -> WRONG (No Harddrives detected. Not even in fdisk -l)
BOOT -> Windows -> (Shutdown) -> Boot -> Debian -> OK

Any ideas?
Thanks.

frankbell · 08-20-2013, 08:31 PM

Just for grins and giggles, could you post the output of fdisk -l?

Also, after doing each boot to Debian in the sequence listed above, you might take a look at /var/log/messages in Debian to see if any differences stand out.

It doesn't seem relevant if you are not even seeing the drives in fdisk -l, but, if those drives are formatted NTFS, Debian doesn't include NTFS drivers by default, because Debian is aggressively free. However, they are available.

https://wiki.debian.org/NTFS