--- Julian Thomas  wrote:

> I latched onto a usb adapter for external hard drive, but eCS 1.1
> won't
> see it.
> 
> The hardware works well enough for W2k to see that a drive has been
> added,
> although I don't seem to be able to access it - it's an older 30 gig
> IDE
> drive that I may well have formatted/fdisked into oblivion when I
> removed
> it from a system.
> 
> What do I need to do?  Here's config.sys USB entries:
> 
> REM *** IBM USB Drivers ***
> BASEDEV=USBUHCD.SYS /V
> REM BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS /V
> REM BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBD.SYS /V /REQ:USBUHCD$,USBOHCD$,USBEHCD$
> BASEDEV=USBHID.SYS
> BASEDEV=USBMSD.ADD /V  /FLOPPIES:0 /REMOVABLES:3 /CDS:0
> /FIXED_DISKS:2
> 
> USBRES shows nothing attached.  Looking at the USBMSD doc file, it
> doesn't
> say anything about fixed disks or the /FIXED_DISKS option.  This is
> the
> latest USB stuff (9/23/2004) from the eCS update site.
> 
> Am I in error in thinking that there's support for a USB attached
> hard
> drive?

No, but it would be covered as removable and doesn't need the
FIXED_DISKS parameter. Does your IDE/usb device have it's own power
supply or is it powered from the usb port? An old 3.5 inch hard drive
requires a little more power than can be supplied by usb.

Franklin 

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