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unpluging USB IOMEGA Zip 250

I've spent the last day looking for an answer to this problem. GOOGLE doesn't seem to help,

When I unplug my IOMEGA Zip 250 (after unmounting and ejecting the disk) I get the following error messages in /var/log/messages:

Quote:

Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00
Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda : sense not available.
Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda : sense not available.
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: unable to read partition table
Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00
Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda : sense not available.
Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through

As you can see, this repeates every one to four seconds. It stops as soon as I plug the drive back in.

What is causing this error and how can I fix it?

Re: unpluging USB IOMEGA Zip 250

Quote:

Originally posted by k5knt
I've spent the last day looking for an answer to this problem. GOOGLE doesn't seem to help,

When I unplug my IOMEGA Zip 250 (after unmounting and ejecting the disk) I get the following error messages in /var/log/messages:

Code:

Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00 Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda : sense not available. Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Mar 12 11:52:16 amethyst kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00 Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda : sense not available. Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: sda:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 Mar 12 11:52:17 amethyst kernel: unable to read partition table Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00 Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda : sense not available. Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Mar 12 11:52:18 amethyst kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through

As you can see, this repeates every one to four seconds. It stops as soon as I plug the drive back in.

What is causing this error and how can I fix it?

What O/S is this and what kernel are you on (uname -a)?

What does /etc/fstab say?

I'm running Fedora Core 3 with kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC3

No idea about the fstab entry. I've done a complete reinstall since I first posted this.