I can confirm same with old LACIE 250GB However adding usb-storage quirks 'uw' for it _may_ work around the issue; e.g. add (just substitute vendor and product id for yours)
options usb-storage quirks=059f:0651:uw dmesg with above quirks / kernel 3.16.0-31-generic [ 57.952732] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [ 58.085433] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=059f, idProduct=0651 [ 58.085442] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 58.085447] usb 2-4: Product: LaCie Hard Drive USB [ 58.085451] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: LaCie [ 58.085454] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 10000E000CD8F66F [ 58.086821] usb-storage 2-4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 58.088781] usb-storage 2-4:1.0: Quirks match for vid 059f pid 0651: 800200 [ 58.088857] scsi11 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 [ 59.088892] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access SEAGATE ST3250820A 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 59.089927] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 [ 59.090800] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] 488397168 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB) [ 59.090805] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming Write Enabled [ 59.090808] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 59.110410] sdf: sdf1 [ 59.112295] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk relevant dmesg _without_ quirks; [12768.255738] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [12768.388658] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=059f, idProduct=0651 [12768.388667] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [12768.388672] usb 2-4: Product: LaCie Hard Drive USB [12768.388676] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: LaCie [12768.388679] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 10000E000CD8F66F [12768.389259] usb-storage 2-4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [12768.389422] usb-storage 2-4:1.0: Quirks match for vid 059f pid 0651: 908420 [12768.389475] scsi11 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 [12769.387735] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access SEAGATE ST3250820A 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [12769.388477] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 [12769.389527] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] 488397168 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB) [12769.395049] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off [12769.395056] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 53 00 00 08 [12769.397128] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [12769.423794] sdf: sdf1 [12769.427236] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1366538 Title: Synchronisation/close /dev/sdX: i/o error on target host Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in linux source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in linux source package in Utopic: Triaged Status in linux source package in Vivid: Triaged Bug description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 x86-64 wanting to unmout a pata drive (usb attached), I get this (title) "Warning from libparted" when gparted launches. Same issue with another pc x86-64 Errors retries then ignore, shred /dev/sdi fails: shred: /dev/sdi : pass 1/2 (random)… shred: /dev/sdi : pass 1/2 (random)…231MiB/94GiB 0 % shred: /dev/sdi : failure of fdatasync: i/o error on target host I reached to shred the drive from a 12.04.4 i386 pc with no error. Sep 7 15:07:08 nux kernel: [261448.072475] usb 5-1: new high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd Sep 7 15:07:09 nux kernel: [261448.202999] usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04cf, idProduct=8818 Sep 7 15:07:09 nux kernel: [261448.203008] usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Sep 7 15:07:09 nux kernel: [261448.203013] usb 5-1: Product: USB Mass Storage Device Sep 7 15:07:09 nux kernel: [261448.203018] usb 5-1: Manufacturer: Myson Century, Inc. Sep 7 15:07:09 nux kernel: [261448.205463] usb-storage 5-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected Sep 7 15:07:09 nux kernel: [261448.205673] scsi20 : usb-storage 5-1:1.0 Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.206849] scsi 20:0:0:0: Direct-Access HTS72101 0G9AT00 MCZO PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.207763] sd 20:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0 Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.207901] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdi] 195371568 512-byte logical blocks: (100 GB/93.1 GiB) Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.208068] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is off Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.208074] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdi] Mode Sense: 00 14 00 00 Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.208280] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdi] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.555232] sdi: unknown partition table Sep 7 15:07:10 nux kernel: [261449.555926] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI disk Sep 7 15:07:43 nux kernel: [261482.219026] end_request: critical target error, dev sdi, sector 0 Sep 7 15:07:52 nux kernel: [261492.015180] end_request: critical target error, dev sdi, sector 0 Sep 7 15:07:55 nux kernel: [261494.261159] end_request: critical target error, dev sdi, sector 0 Sep 7 15:16:23 nux kernel: [262003.027005] end_request: critical target error, dev sdi, sector 0 Sep 7 15:16:35 nux kernel: [262014.215352] end_request: critical target error, dev sdi, sector 0 Sep 7 15:16:35 nux kernel: [262014.859651] end_request: critical target error, dev sdi, sector 0 [EDIT: Once shreded, no error on the i386, but still same error on the 2 x86-64] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1366538/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
