Michael Fox wrote:
As pointed out, looks like dead disk. Try on another machine.
Thanks.
Tried Slackware 10 running 2.4 kernel, on a desktop.
Found the device
fdisk particioned it fine
formatted ext3 fine.
Plug back into Ubuntu on the laptop and:
tail /var/log/messages:
Mar 21 15:15:16 solo kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 7
Mar 21 15:15:17 solo kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Mar 21 15:15:17 solo kernel: Vendor: Genesys Model: USB to IDE Disk Rev: 0033
Mar 21 15:15:17 solo kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Mar 21 15:15:27 solo hal.hotplug[4523]: timout(10000 ms) waiting for /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0 Mar 21 15:15:27 solo hal.hotplug[4529]: timout(10000 ms) waiting for /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host1/1:0:0:0 Mar 21 15:15:28 solo usb.agent[4546]: usb-storage: already loaded
Mar 21 15:15:37 solo scsi.agent[4550]: Attribute /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host1/1:0:0:0/type does not exist
Mar 21 15:20:30 solo kernel: eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #0 link partner capability of 01e1.
Mar 21 15:38:55 solo -- MARK --
Mar 21 15:58:55 solo -- MARK --
Mar 21 16:18:55 solo -- MARK --
Mar 21 16:38:55 solo -- MARK --
dmesg | grep usb
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 2 usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: device not accepting address 2, error -110 usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 3 usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: device not accepting address 3, error -110 usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 4 usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using address 4 usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: device not accepting address 4, error -110 usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 4 usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 5 usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: device not accepting address 5, error -110 usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 6 usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0out usb 1-2: device not accepting address 6, error -110 usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 7
dmesg | grep scsi
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Hmm this is getting interesting!
The laptop is realley what I want this for. Working on the desktop is loely (it proves it works) but not what i was looking for.
Ideas appreciated.
Regards,
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