From: Richard F. <ric...@gm...> - 2009-06-21 08:46:06
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Hi, Oops! Looks like when I have my USB thumbdrive plugged in to my pc, the WD drive moves up to become /dev/sdd/. Running smartctl -a /dev/sdd/ works perfectly as expected. Sorry! Many Thanks, Richard 2009/6/21 Christian Franke <Chr...@t-...>: > Hi Richard, > > Richard Flint wrote: >> >> My external Western Digital USB2.0 "Elements" model WD5000E035 >> (containing a WD5000AAVS drive) no longer works with the new builds >> (that contain the new USB auto detection code). >> >> I used to be able to query the drive with smartctl --all -dsat /dev/sdc/ >> >> Now i get this when I run smartctl --all /dev/sdc: >> >> smartctl 5.39 2009-06-13 17:04 [i686-pc-mingw32-xp-sp3] (local build) >> Copyright (C) 2002-9 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net >> >> /dev/sdc: Unknown USB bridge [0x0204:0x6025] >> Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. >> >> > > Are you sure that /dev/sdc (actually '\\.\PhysicalDrive2') is the correct > device name of the WD drive? > > The 0x0204:0x6025 is the USB ID of a 'CBM2080 Flash drive controller' > (http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids). > > You can try 'smartctl -d scsi -i /dev/sdc' to print the manufacturer/product > info reported by SCSI INQUIRY. > > Cheers, > Christian > > |