troubles with attach too big HDD through USB

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

Andrew Wingorodov wrote:
> my sata -> usb ext. box (vipower VPA) can't attach a new big 500gb wdc.
> he writes:
> 
> kernel: da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present

is the drive really up and running?

Does it work on any other machine via USB with any other operating system?

Erich