FS information missed in external sata HDD after data writing

dr_berta · 11-04-2012, 10:40 AM

Hi all,
I'm experiencing the following problem:
I bought a cabinet Advance model BX-3801STB for 3.5" HDD sata to usb 2.0. The disk used is a 500GB Seagate barracuda 7200.11 with firmware updated.
The problem is double:
1) When I'm under linux (ubuntu 12.04 kernel 3.2.0-31-generic), if I try to write any data in the disk I loose the format informations and I have to format again the disk under windows.
2) It is impossible to format the HDD from ubuntu even using GParted. Only with Windows XP this can be done.

I found that the cabinet works using a sata bridge Super Top M6116.
I tried using a manhattan sata to usb converter and everything worked properly.

After the writing problem, syslog gives this message when it cannot mount the hdd

Code:

Nov  3 16:38:59 Gandalf kernel: [ 7592.848104] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
Nov  3 16:38:59 Gandalf mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.2/usb3/3-1"
Nov  3 16:38:59 Gandalf mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device
Nov  3 16:39:00 Gandalf kernel: [ 7593.243129] scsi11 : usb-storage 3-1:1.0
Nov  3 16:39:00 Gandalf kernel: [ 7593.243405] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-cypress
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.241062] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access        Mass  Storage Device        PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.242667] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.243532] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] 976773166 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.244131] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is off
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.244140] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.246810] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] No Caching mode page present
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.246820] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.250271] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] No Caching mode page present
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.250280] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.269296]  sdi: sdi1
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.272392] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] No Caching mode page present
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.272401] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov  3 16:39:01 Gandalf kernel: [ 7594.272408] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI disk
Nov  3 16:39:12 Gandalf ata_id[4999]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdi': Invalid argument
Nov  3 16:39:19 Gandalf kernel: [ 7612.912125] usb 3-1: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd

Is there anyone that can suggest me what to do to fix the problem?

Thanks