On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 22:37 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote: > > Could be a problem with the USB port on the CentOS computer, or if you > > are using a cable on with that computer, the cable. > > Same cable everywhere. Four different computers (two desktops, two > laptops; three custom-built, one an HP; and the HP is the one running > CentOS 5.3). Fails on CentOS 4.7 desktop and CentOS 5.3 laptop. Works > on Windows XPsp3 desktop and Ubuntu 8.04 laptop. Maxtor OneTouch > works on the CentOS 5.3 laptop (in fact, that laptop has its root > filesystem on the Maxtor USB). > > So it sure looks like some specific incompatibility of this I/O Magic > drive enclosure with the EL4/EL5 USB drivers. ---- FWIW, I have an el cheapo USB card reader that won't work on WinXP (2 computers) but works fine on Linux including the same computer via dual-boot. I also had problems with a USB hard disk drive on one computer until I updated the BIOS. Always make sure that computers that exhibit these problems, you would want to update BIOS on them. Basically, USB sucks as a technology and it can be entirely inconsistent. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.