[daip] Re: USB hard disk within AIPS?

[Jose-Maria Torrelles]

Dear AIPS group, I have already solved the problem.
I defined for the external disk the area LOCALHOST_3
and with that it works properly within AIPS!

Best regards!

Jose M. Torrelles
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Jose-Maria Torrelles wrote:

> 
> Dear Aips Group, firstable Happy New Year!
> 
> I am trying to include in AIPS
> an external hard disk
> connected through an USB 2 port. The hard disk is 250 Gb.
> I have included in the DADEVS.LIS a line
> with the path of the disk: /media/usbdisk/torrelles/AIPS_DATA
> and in the NETSP I have included the line:
> /media/usbdisk/torrelles/AIPS_DATA 365.0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
> 
> In that directory I have created the file "SPACE" ("touch SPACE")
> 
> However, when I run aips, that disk is not included in the list
> of the disks available. There is
> not any message related with that disk.
> 
> I can write and delete files from that external USB disk without
> problems.
> 
> Any idea? Could you please tell me if I can work
> within AIPS with external USB 2 hard disk?
> 
> I have aips 31DEC05.
> 
> Thank you very much in advance for your attention and help.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jose M. Torrelles
> 
>