On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 11:31 +0300, Jan Oscar Holbo Rasmussen wrote:
> Hi Guys!
> 
> Does anybody do HDD recovery here in UG?
> 
> Linux gives up on recognising the drive beyond the physical size. It
> gives up after trying to recover.
> 
> This is a HDD of a Windows machine I am trying to recover for a friend.
I did not include the lines from /var/log/messages so here they are
(done this morning):
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May 18 08:16:32 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243266.960072] usb 1-1: new high speed USB 
device using ehci_hcd and address 2
May 18 08:16:32 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243267.093992] usb 1-1: configuration #1 
chosen from 1 choice
May 18 08:16:32 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243267.197193] Initializing USB Mass 
Storage driver...
May 18 08:16:32 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243267.198362] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for 
USB Mass Storage devices
May 18 08:16:32 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243267.198614] usbcore: registered new 
interface driver usb-storage
May 18 08:16:32 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243267.198619] USB Mass Storage support 
registered.
May 18 08:16:37 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.197072] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access 
    TOSHIBA  MK3021GAS        9D   PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
May 18 08:16:37 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.199206] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 58605120 
512-byte hardware sectors: (30.0 GB/27.9 GiB)
May 18 08:16:37 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.236946] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
Protect is off
May 18 08:16:37 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.238561] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 58605120 
512-byte hardware sectors: (30.0 GB/27.9 GiB)
May 18 08:16:37 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.239298] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
Protect is off
May 18 08:16:38 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.239310]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 < sdb5 >
May 18 08:16:38 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.681781] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached 
SCSI disk
May 18 08:16:38 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243272.681868] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi 
generic sg2 type 0
May 18 08:17:26 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243321.112060] usb 1-1: reset high speed 
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
May 18 08:17:27 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243321.656081] usb 1-1: reset high speed 
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
May 18 08:17:27 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243322.200065] usb 1-1: reset high speed 
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243322.720055] usb 1-1: reset high speed 
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128088] sd 2:0:0:0: Device offlined 
- not ready after error recovery
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128108] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: 
hostbyte=DID_ABORT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128123] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128131] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128137] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128143] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128149] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128155] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128160] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128171] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.128177] lost page write due to I/O 
error on sdb1
May 18 08:17:28 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.139455] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: 
hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
May 18 08:17:29 acer-TM2492 nagios3: HOST ALERT: 
stats.uixp.co.ug;DOWN;SOFT;1;PING CRITICAL - Packet loss = 100% 
May 18 08:17:29 acer-TM2492 kernel: [243323.195708] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, 
address 2
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I am using a Sandberg 3.5" IDE/2.5" IDE/SATA USB controller. Do you
think it would any difference to put it on an onchip IDE controller?

Jan
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