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my external HDD doesnt show up on putty - smcauley600 - 2014-05-02

hi,
i have a 2tb ntfs external hard drive it does not run off its own power source but it still works. now i am in the middle of mounting it and i cant find it the df command in putty can it show up as any thing else apart from sda1 cause i dont see that also how do you automount?

RE: my external HDD doesnt show up on putty - Bosse_B - 2014-05-02

What power source does it run off of then?
You can't drive it from the Pi USB power, not enough there.

RE: my external HDD doesnt show up on putty - smcauley600 - 2014-05-03

usb via usb hub it says in the first post the light on the hard drive comes on so i doubt its a power issue

RE: my external HDD doesnt show up on putty - Bosse_B - 2014-05-03

(2014-05-03, 01:03)smcauley600 Wrote: usb via usb hub it says in the first post
Can't see that. You only say:
Quote:i have a 2tb ntfs external hard drive it does not run off its own power source but it still works
and that does not count as saying it is connected to a USB hub......

RE: my external HDD doesnt show up on putty - smcauley600 - 2014-05-03

yes but i am still getting power though the hardd drive the light is still on and it is making noise

Re: RE: my external HDD doesnt show up on putty - invisable - 2014-05-03

(2014-05-03, 20:18)smcauley600 Wrote: yes but i am still getting power though the hardd drive the light is still on and it is making noise

I'm a bit confused is your usb powered hard drive connected to a externally powered USB Hub ?

If it's not then you will get problems your hard drive will need to draw about 1000ma of power the raspberry pi usb outputs were originally only rated a 100ma however on the newer models the polyfuses have been removed but you can't expect it to power a big load.

If your usb hd is connected to a externally powered usb hub then we will try our best to help Smile

Re: my external HDD doesnt show up on putty - nickr - 2014-05-03

Code:
sudo fdisk -l
shows what hard drives are recognised. Also
Code:
dmesg
should show something when you plug/unplug a hard drive.