Acomdata 320 Gb external USB has so far been useless on every Linux
I've tried it with. Thanks to a hint from d-u, I finally got around
to loading usb_storage ("Doh!"). That manages to get this drive to
elicit "sdb" (finally).

The box says it's USB 2.0 ("Interface: Hi-Speed USB 2.0"). "Acomdata
E5 HybridDrive with stand". "Windows Vista Compatible," fwiw.

But see the end. fdisk sees nothing on this thing. Previously, all I
could find on this thing was a read-only ptn, ca. 3 Gb, and system saw
it as /dev/sr?.

HTF do I partition this thing?!? :-| No hurry; it's just annoying.
Surely Sidux should be able to handle hardware I bought last year.
:-( Drat.

I've fought with this thing on a Compaq Evo desktop running etch, an
AMD Sempron running Slack and Sidux, and an HP Pavilion AMD Turion 64
bit. Ideas? What am I missing? Thanks.

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Mar 16 16:48:14 newmil kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Mar 16 16:48:14 newmil kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0c0b, idProduct=b311
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: Product: USB 2.0 CD + HDD
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: Manufacturer: DMI
Mar 16 17:00:08 newmil kernel: usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 03280800058C
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: isa bounce pool size: 16 pages
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (5), using 36
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM DMI USB2.0 CD-ROM 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: scsi 8:0:0:1: Direct-Access DMI USB2.0 Storage 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 52x/52x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sd 8:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Mar 16 17:00:13 newmil kernel: sd 8:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
(0) phreaque /home/keeling_ things
(0) newmil [root] /root_ fdisk -l /dev/sdb
(0) newmil [root] /root_ fdisk /dev/sdb

Unable to read /dev/sdb
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