Using a USB external enclosure with a PATA hard drive ?

[Bill Davidsen]

Bill Davidsen wrote:

>> /dev/sdc: Unknown USB bridge [0x0c0b:0xb157 (0x000)]
>> Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option.
>>
> There is the heart of the problem, the USB bridge in the enclosure is of unknown 
> type, and isn't giving proper access to the device. At this point I would 
> probably spend a few bucks on a new enclosure (I have a bad ration of time to 
> money), but since it invites you to specify the device type with -d, what 
> results did you get when you provided the device type? A PATA drive is usually 
> seen with either 'ata' or 'sat' device types, but if those fail you could try 
> 'scsi' just for grins.
> 
I assume the problem is fixed since you haven't supplied the error messages to 
help people solve the problem.

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