Mounting my EHD, editing Fstab

[Tony Corbett]

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 at dantian.org
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> 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 at 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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