Re: [expert] USB Flashcard Reader problem under 9.0

Jason Fri, 27 Dec 2002 03:36:47 -0800

Thanks for the help....I am getting soooo close, I can feel it!! Anyway, it was a bit of a mess at first since I forgot (oops!) to leave a free line at the end of the fstab....ouch. Had to modify it from linux -s mode since it kept crashing on boot.

I added the line which you suggested which is great since when I plugged the reader in, a device called /mnt/disk popped up in Kwikdisk. I then tried to mount it but it says:

Called: mount/dev/sda1
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist

I thought this dev entry was dynamically created when a usb device such as this was plugged in???

Anyway the output from tail -f /var/log/messages when the device is plugged/unplugged looks like:

[root@localhost jason]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table
Dec 28 00:28:52 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:12 localhost su(pam_unix)[2217]: session opened for user root by jason(uid=501)
Dec 28 00:33:20 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:04.2-1 address 2
Dec 28 00:33:43 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.2-1, assigned address 3
Dec 28 00:33:48 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product d7d/240/100
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
Dec 28 00:33:57 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table
Dec 28 00:33:58 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Dec 28 00:34:03 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:04.2-1 address 3

Any help to get this working would be greatly appreciated...

Kind Regards,

Jason Greenwood

bill wrote:


What does your /etc/fstab show


I had to manually add the line;
/dev/sda1 /mnt/disk vfat user,noauto 0
 to get my usb smartmedia reader/writer working consistantly


Also in a terminal try ;
tail -f /var/log/messages
and then connect and disconnect your usb device....
you should get a pertinent message when things start to work...


if this is the wrong person I apologize as I am no longer on the
regular expert list and cannot submit replies in the usual way


HTH


William Bouterse
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