usb-storage is unsupported under 2.2.x kernels. Matt
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 06:40:06AM +0000, FERME Paul-henri wrote: > hi > > I am trying to use a brand new USB Iomega 100M ZIP-drive on my linux box I > succeed in mouting and reading the drive but I am getting frequent R/W errors > and software freeze which prevent me from using it realibily. > > > Hardare is a DFI K6BV3+/66 board with on-board usb support enabled. > I am using a 2.2.17 kernel as compiled by Mandrake Soft in its standard 7.1 > distri. > Following modules are loaded successfully at startup (using depmod): > > usb-storage 11568 0 (unused) > uhci 18560 0 (unused) > usbcore 43632 0 [usb-storage uhci] > ../.. > > dmesg ouput during boot is as follows: > ../.. > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > usb.c: registered new driver hub > uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe400, IRQ 10 > uhci.c: detected 2 ports > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 > hub.c: USB hub found > hub.c: 2 ports detected > usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage > USB Mass Storage support registered. > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 > scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > scsi : 1 host. > Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 90.J > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > sda : READ CAPACITY failed. > sda : status = 0, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 > sda : extended sense code = 2 > sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. > sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > unable to read partition table > WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured > USB Mass Storage device found at 2 > hub.c: already running port 2 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling... > usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2 > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 > WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured > USB Mass Storage device found at 2 > ../.. > > Humm obviously not 100p correct but these are warning only aren't they? > Also the drive produce a pleasant start-up sound obviously loading and > reading the disk. > > then I mount the drive with 'mount /mnt/zip' > Note :/etc/fstab: > ../.. > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat nosuid,noauto,user,nodev,exec > 0 0 > ../.. > > It seems to work OK with /var/log/messages saying: > ../.. > Feb 4 22:52:29 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. > Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB] > Feb 4 22:52:29 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off > Feb 4 22:52:32 localhost kernel: sda: sda4 > ../.. > > Looks good it is indeed a 100MB disk i am using > > But when I use the drive, i get frequent read errors and final freeze. > I can only trace that to a kernel error message: > > Feb 4 23:01:08 localhost kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > > After that I cannot access anymore /dev/sda4 and need to reboot. > > So far I did 3 things: > 0) Connect and check the USB port using a USB webcam: Works OK > 1) test the drive on a win2000 portable: works OK > 2) Compile and run kernel 2.2.18 with backport of latest USB drivers as > recommended on http://linux.nf/usbzip.html: Same problems R/W errors and > hangs-up. > > I am now running out of ideas on this. > Any suggestion from a helpfull reader? > > Thanks > > -- > Paul-Henri FERME > > UNIX is user friendly, it's just selective about who its friends are ! > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-usb-usersOlists.sourceforge.net > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users -- Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver We can customize our colonels. -- Tux User Friendly, 12/1/1998
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