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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 4016 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 22:36 Post_subject:
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My old PC just died ( BIOS check sum error...).
The USB drive worked fine on it in Puppy528-003
My backup PC is an older Celeron running Puppy528-003 also,
it sees USB flash drives but not the H.D.
Any ideas as to what the trouble might be? I need it to work!
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antiloquax

Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 405
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Posted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 05:06 Post_subject:
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Have you tried gparted?
I had a similar problem with an external USB HD. I used gparted to "check" the partition and everything was fine - the icon showed up on the desktop and it mounted properly.
Gparted does warn that doing this can lead to data loss, so you may want to try something else first. In practice, I haven't had problems with a simple "check".
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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 4016 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 12:40 Post_subject:
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Hi antiloquax; Yeah, I thought of that, didn`t see it either.
I thought maybe the USB had broke, but WinBlows PC sees it fine.
Something about this old Celeron PC I`m sure, need a new PC bad!
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glene77is

Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 108 Location: Memphis, TN, USA
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Posted: Tue 01 May 2012, 07:04 Post_subject:
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Reminds me of a problem I am having.
Do any of your USB devices have the 'boot' flag raised ?
In the computer's USB Polling process,
I have found that a 'boot' flag may stop the polling.
Also the specific port affects detection.
For me, the port next to the Etho port will always boot.
Note, I have 3 or 4 USB devices plugged in at all times.
This thread is interesting,
since USB devices are so handy for expansion portability.
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Peterm321
Joined: 29 Jan 2009 Posts: 196
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Posted: Tue 01 May 2012, 12:48 Post_subject:
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| sunburnt wrote: | My backup PC is an older Celeron running Puppy528-003 also,
it sees USB flash drives but not the H.D.
Any ideas as to what the trouble might be? I need it to work!
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You might start by checking if the hardware is detected, by typing the following in a command terminal window:
List partitions:
List information on USB devices:
Hardware information program:
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Burn_IT
Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 669 Location: Tamworth UK
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Posted: Tue 01 May 2012, 14:37 Post_subject:
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Could well be not enough power to the disk from the old USB port.
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Karl Godt

Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 2730 Location: Kiel,Germany
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Posted: Tue 01 May 2012, 14:44 Post_subject:
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Or the HD is not USB 1 backwards compatible
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