Hi Everyone,

I noticed last night that I was unable to copy large files (50mb plus) from my USB external Hdd to my home dir.
My external drive is an old 6GB laptop drive in a small USB enclosure – nothing special. My system is Fedora Core 3 running with an ALI based USB2 PCI card that I use for the performance gain over my standard USB1 ports on the MLB. The drive auto mounts in Gnome with no issues and I can browse the files and open small doc’s with ease, The problems start if I try to read, copy of modify larger files i.e, I was moving a directory of MP3’s across to my home dir and it got to about 19 or 22 files and failed.

I am not sure and I hope someone can assist but I think it’s an issue with my USB2 card as if I use the drive on USB1 it works with no problems at all – but it takes an age.. Please see below for my dmesg output.

With any replies please treat me like a noob as I am not that confidant yet and also I can’t find any hardware tools in fedora that will in effect let me add, remove of modify hardware, is this normal?

Many Thanks in advance
Sm1ler

kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux: initialized (dev hda1, type ext3), uses xattr
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
Adding 1048568k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01. Priority:-1 extents:1
Adding 506008k swap on /dev/hdb5. Priority:-2 extents:1
SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Trying to free free DMA3
pnp: Device 00:08 disabled.
ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4094 buckets, 32752 max) - 272 bytes per conntrack
eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 05e1.
SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
pnp: Device 00:08 activated.
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
lp0: console ready
usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
SCSI subsystem initialized
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: Model: Rev:
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
usb-storage: device scan complete
SCSI device sda: 11733121 512-byte hdwr sectors (6007 MB)
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 11733121 512-byte hdwr sectors (6007 MB)
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
SELinux: initialized (dev sda1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878389
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878326
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878390
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878327
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878391
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878328
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878392
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878329
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878393
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878330
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878394
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878331
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878395
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878332
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878396
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878333
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878397
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878334
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878398
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878335
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878399
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878336
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878400
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878337
ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
program python is using a deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878401
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878338
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878402
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878339
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878403
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878340
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878404
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878341
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878405
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878342
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878406
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878343
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878407
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878344
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878408
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878345
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878409
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878346
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878410
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878347
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878411
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878348
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878412
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878349
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 878413
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 878350
sda: Current: sense key: No Sense
Additional sense: No additional sense information
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890277
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890214
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890278
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890215
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890279
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890216
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890280
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890217
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890281
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890218
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890282
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890219
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890283
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890220
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890284
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890221
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890285
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890222
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890286
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890223
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890287
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890224
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890288
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890225
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890289
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890226
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890290
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890227
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890291
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890228
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890292
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890229
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890293
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890230
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890294
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890231
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890295
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890232
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890296
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890233
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890297
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890234
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890298
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890235
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890299
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890236
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890300
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890237
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890301
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890238
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890302
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890239
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890303
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890240
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890304
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890241
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890305
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890242
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890306
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890243
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890307
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890244
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890308
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890245
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890309
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890246
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890310
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890247
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890311
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890248
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890312
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890249
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890313
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890250
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890314
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890251
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890315
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890252
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890316
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890253
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890317
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890254
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890318
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890255
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890319
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890256
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890320
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890257
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890321
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890258
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890322
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890259
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890323
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890260
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890324
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890261
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 890325
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 890262
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927549
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927486
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927550
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927487
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927551
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927488
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927552
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927489
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927553
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927490
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927554
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927491
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927555
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927492
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927556
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927493
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927557
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927494
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927558
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927495
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927559
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927496
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927560
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927497
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927561
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927498
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927562
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927499
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927563
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927500
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927564
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927501
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927565
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927502
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927566
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927503
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927567
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927504
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927568
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927505
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927569
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927506
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927570
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927507
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927571
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927508
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927572
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927509
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927573
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927510
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927574
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927511
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927575
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927512
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927576
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927513
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927577
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927514
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927578
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927515
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927579
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927516
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927580
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927517
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927581
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927518
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927582
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927519
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927583
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927520
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927584
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927521
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927585
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927522
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927586
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927523
SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 927587
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 927524
usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 5-1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: Model: Rev:
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdb: 11733121 512-byte hdwr sectors (6007 MB)
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdb: 11733121 512-byte hdwr sectors (6007 MB)
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts

Just found some further info, my ALI chipset USB2 pci card has four ports and if I check in the Hardware brower under USB devices it reports 3x ALI Corp USB 1.1 Controllers and 1x ALI Corp USB 2.0 Controller it also reports 1x Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) which I guess could be the onboard USB1? Why would it be reporting 3 f my ALI ports as USB1.1 and can I change this?

I am really stuck on how to amend hardware settings in Fedora and I look to the Gnome GUI a lot for info which I know is not the best route but as I am not that skilled with Linux I really don't know what else to try.
Hope someone can shed some light on this for me, thanks in advance and best wishes
Sm1ler