From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-04-07 11:42, Simon wrote:   
   > On 2025-04-05, Java Jive wrote:   
   >> On 2025-04-05 11:47, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On 2025-04-05 01:20, Java Jive wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On 2025-04-04 21:52, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Huh, I have an idea. If this box in the end is not valid, I could rip   
   >>>>> it out and insert usb2sata connectors on the back of each disk. Use   
   >>>>> only the power supply and the iron. It would be ugly and impose a   
   >>>>> delay on my project, and waste of money, but would work.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Wouldn't it be easier to try to solve the firmware problem?  If you're   
   >>>> going to destroy the innards, invalidate the warranty, and so not be   
   >>>> able to return it anyway, why not try installing a fixed firmware first?   
   >>>   
   >>> But someone has to provide the fixed software file.   
   >>   
   >> Paul gave you a big clue in his post of 2025-04-04, 04:33.  He didn't   
   >> want to give actual links because he couldn't verify their sources, but   
   >> you can search on the file names he gave, for example:   
   >>   
   >> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jms578fwupdater.tgz   
   >>   
   >   
   > I found a fix to this some time ago, maybe it will help still now?   
   https://blog.simonj.eu/blog/jms578-based-adaptor-on-linux   
      
   What does this do? The link doesn't explain.   
      
   Google says that this changes usb-disk driver "UAS" to "usb-storage".   
   Why would I need that, what is the advantage?   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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