RainCT: Nope, it gives me a "cannot stat filename" on all the files with spaces in their name Sun01tech: make sure you have updates repos enabled as well Ok what radio button have you got ticked? is it one of the bottom 2? PaulM: and cp -r * /media/endpoint doesn't work? This may also be caused by a rogue peripheral on the same USB hub./srv//1/#ubuntu.txt /srv//1/#ubuntu.txt RainCT There may also be a problem with the interrupts on your USB controller. Maybe your disk has enough power to identify itself on the bus, but not enough to spin the disk properly. partition table) triggers an error.Įrror -110 means "timeout". Device ID can be retrieved (that's why you see it with lsusb), but further data exchange (e.g. The communication with your device seems intermittently broken. The important part of your logs is Oct 11 04:36:07 username kernel: usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci Oct 11 04:37:23 username kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/8, error -110 Oct 11 04:37:18 username kernel: usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci Oct 11 04:37:18 username kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/8, error -110 Oct 11 04:37:13 username kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/8, error -110 Oct 11 04:37:08 username kernel: usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci Oct 11 04:37:08 username kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Oct 11 04:36:53 username kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Oct 11 04:36:38 username kernel: usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci Oct 11 04:36:37 username kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Oct 11 04:36:22 username kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Oct 11 04:36:07 username kernel: usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci Oct 11 04:36:04 username kernel: sd 21:0:0:0: Attached SCSI disk Oct 11 04:36:04 username kernel: sdh: sdh1 Oct 11 04:36:04 username kernel: sd 21:0:0:0: Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Oct 11 04:36:04 username kernel: sd 21:0:0:0: Write Protect is off Oct 11 04:36:04 username kernel: sd 21:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0 Oct 11 04:36:03 username mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 20 was not an MTP device Oct 11 04:36:03 username kernel: usb-storage 1-4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected Oct 11 04:36:03 username kernel: usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Macpower Oct 11 04:36:03 username kernel: usb 1-4: Product: OXSEMI Mass Storage Oct 11 04:36:03 username kernel: usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Oct 11 04:36:03 username kernel: usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0dc4, idProduct=0201 Here's the syslog output when plugging in the device: Oct 11 04:36:03 username kernel: usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci What steps can I take to get this to show up as a mountable drive (ie /dev/sdx)? When I plug it in and power it up, it does not show in fdisk -l or in Gparted or in lsblk, but it does have an entry in lsusb: Bus 001 Device 000: ID 0dc4:0201 Macpower Peripherals, Ltd I have one particular older drive that has been sitting on my shelf for about 10 years (an "EZ Quest" from about 2005), but it worked the last time I used it, so I doubt the drive has failed. I'm running Mint/Mate 17.3 and normally external drives "just work" when you plug them in.