RE: Mounting my EHD, editing Fstab


i've had this maxtor ehd working fine on this pc with windows
i also downloaded the seagate software and had it working on the laptop at work
with windows

my 250 MB usb storage key works fine with ubuntu in all ports
someone suggested i get a windows pc and run scan / defrag



Subject: RE: Mounting my EHD, editing Fstab
From: mario.vukelic@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:04:18 +0200

On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 07:24 +1000, Tony Corbett wrote:
in System/Preferences/Removal Drives and Media
Storage tab is set to "mount removal drives when hot-plugged

Ok, so that's fine.

here what came up after pluggingin the usb ehd:
corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages

We can find the problems in the log:

Apr 20 07:14:14 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1676.507907] usb 4-2: new
high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3

Apr 20 07:14:14 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1676.668015] usb 4-2:
configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

Good, the device was found by the kernel

Apr 20 07:14:14 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1676.669259] scsi1 : SCSI
emulation for USB Mass Storage devices

Good, the kernel initializes the common access method

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.436881] scsi 1:0:0:0:
Direct-Access Maxtor OneTouch III 0364 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4

Good, the kernel recognizes the hard disk as a Maxtor OneTouch III

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.470032] sda: Unit Not
Ready, sense:

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.470041] : Current:
sense key: Illegal Request

Bad, we have a problem.

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.470044] Additional
sense: Invalid command operation code

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.470834] SCSI device
sda: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB)

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.471900] sda: test WP
failed, assume Write Enabled

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.474895] sda: Unit Not
Ready, sense:

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.474900] : Current:
sense key: Illegal Request

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.474902] Additional
sense: Invalid command operation code

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.475520] SCSI device
sda: 195371568 512-byte hdwr sectors (100030 MB)

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.476643] sda: test WP
failed, assume Write Enabled

I don't know what's going on here. When googling the errors like "test
WP failed, assume Write Enabled" or "Current: sense key: Illegal
Request", I find questions about similar errors, but not too many and
nothing conclusive.

Apr 20 07:14:20 corbett-desktop kernel: [ 1682.476651]
sda:end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0
<snip>

Now these surely look like real HD errors. Are you sure that this disk
is ok? Does it work in another computer? Also, can you try to attach
another, known-working disk to this computer?



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