Problem with USB hard disk on Fedora Core 1

Emiliano Brunetti emiliano_brunetti at idg.it
Mon Jan 5 09:19:25 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 08:40, Andrew Wafula wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I think I have found the problem. I did 'tail -f /var/log/messages' then I
> plugged in the USB HDD. I got the following:
> 
> --begin--
> Jan  4 18:18:18 wert kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-2, assigned
> address 2
> Jan  4 18:18:20 wert kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 812
> Jan  4 18:18:20 wert kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
> devices
> Jan  4 18:18:23 wert usb.agent[4454]: missing kernel or user mode driver
> usb-storage
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1973
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0,
> driver = 08
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk
> size 1GB.
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel:  sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel:  unable to read partition table
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
> the drive.
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
> the drive.
> Jan  4 18:18:24 wert kernel: inserting floppy driver for 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: floppy0: no floppy controllers found
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert insmod:
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.o: init_module:
> No such device
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect
> module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.       You may
> find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert insmod:
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.o: insmod
> block-major-2 failed
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1222
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0,
> driver = 08
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk
> size 1GB.
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel:  sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel:  unable to read partition table
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
> the drive.
> Jan  4 18:18:27 wert kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
> the drive.
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0,
> driver = 08
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk
> size 1GB.
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel:  sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel:  unable to read partition table
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
> the drive.
> Jan  4 18:18:28 wert kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
> the drive.
> Jan  4 18:18:29 wert devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
> 
> --end---
> 
> There seems to be a problem with the usb-storage driver as seen from the
> line:
> Jan  4 18:18:23 wert usb.agent[4454]: missing kernel or user mode driver
> usb-storage
> 
> After that everything bombs out. Interestingly, it works when I use a 128MB
> flash disk which uses the same usb-storage driver.

And how about /var/log/messages with the flash disk? Any difference? If
they really use the same usb-storage driver, as they should, this is
really weird.

E.





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