USB hard drive enclosure

pafrica · 10-16-2005, 03:00 PM

Hi everyone,

I'm using an NEC hard drive enclosure and I can mount it just fine. THe problem is if i use it long enough, I get i/o errors and I can't read from the drive anymore. Then if I unplug it and plug it back again, it gets assigned a new name (/dev/sd?) and i can read from it again. Then it just dies again minutes after. I use it for days on end in windows and it works all right.

here's a bit of what's in /var/log/messages:

Code:

SCSI error : <4 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 41962054
SCSI error : <4 0 0 0> return code = 0x70000
end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 41962055
hub 2-0:1.0: port 1 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 7
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 8
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi4 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead device

  Vendor: FUJITSU   Model: MHS2030AT         Rev: 8004
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sde: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
sde: assuming drive cache: write through

I've tried running scandisk, badblocks, fsck.msdos and none of them report any physical problems. Anyone have an idea what's going on?

maroonbaboon · 10-16-2005, 10:30 PM

If you google your error message "SCSI error" "return code = 0x70000" you will see quite a few reports, so it sounds like a USB bug.

Upgrading to the latest kernel is always worth a try.

pafrica · 10-16-2005, 11:27 PM

Yep, So far everything i've read points to it being a bug. And i was hoping a 2.6.12 kernel was recent enough. Thank you for your input.