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12-12-2005, 06:25 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Port Charlotte Florida
Distribution: slack 12.1
Posts: 78
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"/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device" used to be
Ok so I've got an issue with my mp3 player, I've tried mounting it and i get the following:
Code:
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
I'm not sure why this is but after removing and adding new songs this started and its unaccessable on both my computer and my laptop *and even the windoze machine on the other side of the house* I dunno if this will help but heres my dmesg readout:
Code:
USB Mass Storage device found at 3
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Info fld=0x0, Current 00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0x0, Current sd00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Info fld=0x0, Current 00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0x0, Current sd00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Info fld=0x0, Current 00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0x0, Current sd00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Info fld=0x0, Current 00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0x0, Current sd00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Info fld=0x0, Current 00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0x0, Current sd00:00: sns = f0 6
ASC=31 ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x31 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Anyone have any ideas?
(o one more thing I even tried fdisk on it to see if I could just clear it and get access to it again heres what comes up:
Code:
fdisk /dev/sda
Unable to read /dev/sda
It might just be shot but it might not be its a rca lyra if its shot I'll just have to buy a new one but if its something I'm doing or if its fixable well.. would like to save that money.
Last edited by millionknives; 12-12-2005 at 06:30 PM.
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12-13-2005, 12:52 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Seattle
Distribution: Slackware ?-14.1
Posts: 1,029
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some mp3 players need to be formtted using a program that comes with them
if thats not the case then it looks like it is hosed
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12-13-2005, 03:40 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 1,284
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The drive doesn't seem a happy bunny. When you reading + writing new tracks, was this under Linux or Windows, and had you simply unplugged the drive, or unmounted/disconnected via Windows USB devices correctly?
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12-13-2005, 06:00 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Port Charlotte Florida
Distribution: slack 12.1
Posts: 78
Original Poster
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Under linux I avoid using the windoze machine it has to many issues. as for the unmounting I may have not unmounted now that I think about it which would be the error on my part causing the whole error.
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12-13-2005, 02:47 PM
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#5
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 10
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This maybe the result of the new "hotplug" behaviour in kernel 2.6.xx
1.- check to see if /dev/sda1 exist, if not:
I suggest you check /dev/.static/dev/ (as root)and see if sda1 is there.
If it is (should be if 1.- is wrong)then create a symbolic link to tell your fstab where to find it.
Hope to help
JP
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12-13-2005, 03:24 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 1,284
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There could be problems with assigning the correct device as mentioned by the previous poster, however the errors reported seem more of an indication of sector errors, probably caused by it simply being removed from the machine without it being correctly unmounted. You could follow an earlier suggestion of formatting the drive and seeing if that corrects the problems, or depending on the filesystem you could try checking it for errors and repairing them.
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12-13-2005, 06:39 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 10
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Really? What sort of problem?
Thank you
JP
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