external hdd

[pcasebere]

I'm trying to mount my external hard drive (wd my passport ultra) in terminal on my rpi2; I've got ntfs-3g installed, but when I fdisk -l I don't see the hard drive.. at all. please help

[RaTTuS]

sudo fdisk -l
also see what
/var/log/syslog
says when you plug it in

[Dorian_WD]

Hey pcasebere,

I'm sorry to hear about your issue. Is the drive working properly when connected to a computer and you are experiencing this only when plugging it into the Raspberry Pi?
If this is the case, then you can try the following steps: http://www.instructables.com/id/Mountin ... -Pi/#step1

I hope this will help you.
Ragards

[kusti8]

It may not be getting enough power. Is the hard drive spinning up?

[pcasebere]

Hey pcasebere,

I'm sorry to hear about your issue. Is the drive working properly when connected to a computer and you are experiencing this only when plugging it into the Raspberry Pi?
If this is the case, then you can try the following steps: http://www.instructables.com/id/Mountin ... -Pi/#step1

I hope this will help you.
Ragards

Yes, the drive works fine with OSX, however when I plug in to RPI2 the drive starts a periodic clicking, and nothing -haven't tried replies as of yet, 'though.

[kusti8]

You may not be getting enough power.

Add max_usb_current=1
To config.txt and try again.

[pcasebere]

In the end it was the classic "not 'nough power;" got a powered hub, and now it's working as it should.

[klricks]

In the end it was the classic "not 'nough power;" got a powered hub, and now it's working as it should.

Most drives will work on B+ and 2B models without a HUB if you do the config change suggested by kusti8.