Try mounting the whole device, not a partition. Matt
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 02:39:01PM -0500, Stuart Luppescu wrote:
> Hi, I'm having trouble getting a Sony Micro Vault 512MB USB memory
> device to work with Linux. It works ok in Windows, so I know the
> hardware is ok.
>
> When I modprobe usb-storage and plug it in, I get this in the log:
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
> devices
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko Vendor: Sony Model: Storage Media Rev:
> PROL
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko Type: Direct-Access ANSI
> SCSI revision: 02
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id
> 0, lun 0, type 0
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko USB Mass Storage device found at 3
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver
> usb-storage
> Jun 2 13:51:17 musuko USB Mass Storage support registered.
> Jun 2 13:51:27 musuko SCSI device sda: 1024000 512-byte hdwr sectors
> (524 MB)
> Jun 2 13:51:27 musuko sda: assuming Write Enabled
> Jun 2 13:51:27 musuko sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jun 2 13:51:27 musuko /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4
> Jun 2 13:51:27 musuko Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0,
> channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>
> It shows up as 4 SCSI disks /dev/sda[1:4]. Mounting partitions 1-3 gives
> funny messages (sorry, I can't reproduce them here), but when I try to
> mount /dev/sda4 it says, mount: /dev/sda4: can't read superblock
>
> fdisk shows very strange stuff:
> Disk /dev/sda: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes
> 17 heads, 59 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1003 * 512 = 513536 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 ? 1914209 2457017 272218546+ 20 Unknown
> Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
> phys=(356, 97, 46) logical=(1914208, 5, 40)
> Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
> phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(2457016, 16, 59)
> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> /dev/sda2 ? 1326206 1863570 269488144 6b Unknown
> Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
> phys=(288, 110, 57) logical=(1326205, 9, 57)
> Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
> phys=(269, 101, 57) logical=(1863569, 13, 16)
> Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> /dev/sda3 ? 537378 1931558 699181456 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3
> Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
> phys=(345, 32, 19) logical=(537377, 4, 25)
> Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
> phys=(324, 77, 19) logical=(1931557, 10, 42)
> Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> /dev/sda4 * 1390457 1390478 10668+ 49 Unknown
> Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
> phys=(87, 1, 0) logical=(1390456, 5, 1)
> Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
> phys=(335, 78, 2) logical=(1390477, 9, 38)
> Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
>
> Look at those weird partition types! I would be inclined to repartition
> the whole thing, but unfortunately, it's my boss's device.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on how to deal with this? Thanks.
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