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On 05/11/11 17:31, Kevin Lucas wrote: > >> Am I missing something obvious here? Answers on a postcard to..... > Have you got more than one USB port? > > Some are usb 1 and some are usb2 But they are backward compatible, so the worst that seems likely is a slow data rate. > can the Bios see a disk USB on boot? > > if not the it wont work anyway A box doesn't need to be able to boot from USB devices in BIOS to be able to see them when plugged in. e.g. Linux is smarter than your bios - at least unless Linux is your bios, and even then it might not be as comprehensive as a typical general purpose desktop kernel. > Post it to me I could format it to 40 GIg (I have serval old lappys > which can see more than 40Gig from the bios) > or take it to the next meeting and slot it in someone's lappy and format > it with a live cd At this point I think it likely the disk is a dud. Although George said "same result" with the 40GB disk which I don't understand, George are you saying the 40GB disk doesn't show when connected to the USB device? I would use "lsusb" which is part of the usbutils package, or possibly just lshw when the device when the disks are connected via USB. Although "dmesg" should show output relating to having the disk connected - pretty much plugging in any USB device gets you some blurb usually. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq