On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:31:51PM +0000, Mihira Fernando wrote: > On 1/15/07, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have a 2.5" Toshiba MK1032GAX hard drive in a USB powered > >enclosure which doesn't seem to work properly with Debian. > > > >I'm wondering if anyone has ever seen anything similar, or > >has any ideas about what might be happening... > > > >The curious thing is that I am fairly sure that the drive is > >ok, because if I put it into an older (looks like the same > >product but with older PCB version) enclosure it boots without > >error. > > > >But if I plug the problem enclosure into a Windows system with > >the same hard drive installed it works fine, making it hard to > >justify returning the enclosure as faulty. I have also tried > >booting a different version of Linux (Foundry) from different > >media and it can access the drive without problem. > > > >Hence it is starting to look like an issue with this Debian > >kernel and this particular USB HDD enclosure. > > > >The symptoms I see are that the boot starts normally > > Lilo reads the kernel and initrd successfully > > The kernel reports the HDD manufacturer/model/capacity correctly > > Then... > > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > > SCSI device sda: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB) > > sda: Write Protect is off > > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > > sda:<6>usb 1-2 : reset high speed USB device using ehci_hdc and > > address 2 > > usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 > > usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 > > usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 > > usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 > > usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 > > sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00050000 > > > >The Debian install is Etch using RC1 install and kernel 2.6.18-3-486. > >(the original 2.6.17 kernel behaves the same). > > > >Does anyone have any ideas of what might be missing from this > >particular enclosure that would effect Debian but not Windows > >or Foundry Linux? > > > >Regards, > >DigbyT > Did you try it after installing hal and pmount ?
The Debian install was done with the older (working) enclosure, so everything seems to be there. pmount and hal are installed - is there any configuration that needs to be done to try what you have in mind? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
