is my USB drive damaged??

dEnDrOn · 07-06-2014, 12:25 AM

i can't see it in nautilus or disks

coralfang · 07-06-2014, 01:32 AM

Plug the usb device into the computer, then post the output from:

Code:

dmesg | tail -n25

It should show some helpful information.

dEnDrOn · 07-06-2014, 01:59 AM

here it is..

Code:

[ 6851.574090] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6851.675080] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6851.776037] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6851.877049] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6851.978083] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.079088] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.180060] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.281086] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.382064] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.483090] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.584039] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.685077] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.786067] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.887113] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6852.988046] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.089086] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.190100] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.291091] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.392059] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.493092] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.594069] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.695094] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.796079] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.897083] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00
[ 6853.998084] usb-storage: Error in queuecommand_lck: us->srb = ea65ab00

coralfang · 07-06-2014, 03:06 AM

Well i had a search of that error, it's referenced in the source of this kernel module:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source...csiglue.c#L320

Which is commented as: "check for state-transition errors".

I think it could be a hardware problem. Are you using a hub? It could be the hub is broken, reporting all connected devices as "broken".

Otherwise, have you tried using the usb drive on another machine? Maybe boot up a live cd of something different (eg; ubuntu), and see if you can mount it there. If you can, then it's a problem with the kernel you have installed.

dEnDrOn · 07-06-2014, 07:03 AM

there is no hardware problem for sure...

i can use other USB flash drives and all USB ports support all other devices like external HDD, DVD drive, thumbdrive or, anything you say.

coralfang · 07-06-2014, 03:08 PM

I mean the usb drive itself may be damaged. If you have another computer, see if it can be mounted from there, or boot up a different OS with a livecd that uses a different kernel, and try to mount it.

That will rule out a hardware error on the usb drive, or a kernel that is missing a driver/feature.

dEnDrOn · 07-06-2014, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coralfang

I mean the usb drive itself may be damaged. If you have another computer, see if it can be mounted from there, or boot up a different OS with a livecd that uses a different kernel, and try to mount it.

That will rule out a hardware error on the usb drive, or a kernel that is missing a driver/feature.

i can't see it in windows too...although i have a option to safely remve hardware but, not visible as mounted!

coralfang · 07-06-2014, 08:59 PM

I'd guess if windows is also unable to mount it, it may be damaged or at least, corrupted if you're using FAT32.

dEnDrOn · 07-06-2014, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coralfang

I'd guess if windows is also unable to mount it, it may be damaged or at least, corrupted if you're using FAT32.

i agree!