Hi, I was able to revive the drive by running mkfs -n to figure out the backup superblocks and then using e2fsck -b # -v -y to repair the drive. I'll keep it on the usb connection for a while.
When under windows none of the ext2/3 programs could read it while it was fubar'd. On 3/19/06, Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > t35t0r wrote at linux1394-user: > > I just connected the drive to my dual boot linux/winxp laptop. Under > > winxp, my computer -> manage -> storage -> disk management, it's > > showing the drive as Healthy Unknown Partition, which is correct since > > winxp can't recognize ext3. So the drive is not dead. > > There may be errors on the partition though. You could try looking for > an ext2 DOS/Win tool. > > > Could it just be this version of the kernel? > > > > On 3/18/06, t35t0r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I'm running a vanilla 2.6.15 kernel and I'm having connection problems > >>with my LaCie BiggerDisk G935 Rev: 922 drive. These are the errors I'm > >>getting: > ... > >>ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device > >>ieee1394: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S800] - Max payload [4096] > >> Vendor: LaCie Model: BiggerDisk G935 Rev: 922 > >> Type: Direct-Access-RBC ANSI SCSI revision: 04 > >>SCSI device sde: 1960939008 512-byte hdwr sectors (1004001 MB) > ... > >>sd 13:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 > >>sde: Current: sense key=0x3 > >> ASC=0x4b ASCQ=0x0 > >>end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 71 > >>Buffer I/O error on device sde1, logical block 8 > >>sd 13:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 > >>sde: Current: sense key=0x3 > >> ASC=0x4b ASCQ=0x0 > >>end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 72 > >>Buffer I/O error on device sde1, logical block 9 > ... > >>Connecting with USB gives these errors: > ... > >> Vendor: LaCie Model: BiggerDisk G935 Rev: 922 > >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 > >>SCSI device sde: 1960939009 512-byte hdwr sectors (1004001 MB) > ... > >>sd 17:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 > >>sde: Current: sense key=0x3 > >> ASC=0x4b ASCQ=0x0 > >>end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 71 > >>printk: 139 messages suppressed. > >>Buffer I/O error on device sde1, logical block 8 > >> > >>is the drive dead? > > If I'm not mistaken, the sense codes translate to "Medium Error", "Data > phase error". Looks like a hardware fault to me. You can get those SCSI > hex codes translated by compiling scsi_mod with "Verbose SCSI error > reporting" switched on, i.e. CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS. > > BTW, the BiggerDisk obviously reports a wrong last sector number when > connected to USB (1960939009) as opposed to FireWire (1960939008). Seems > to be another candidate for drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h (which is > why I am crossposting this to linux-usb-devel). > -- > Stefan Richter > -=====-=-==- --== =--== > http://arcgraph.de/sr/ > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
