On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Louis-Pierre Charbonneau wrote: > Good day, > > I'm having trouble getting my HP cd-writer cd4e series to work. > > I'm new to linux. If this I'm sending this email to the wrong place > please let me know. > > This device is an external usb cd-writer. I am using Ubuntu 5.10 with > 2.6.12-10 kernel. > > When I plug it in, /dev/sda gets created but I get some error msgs from > dmesg. > > [4304160.827000] SCSI device sda: 4294967295 512-byte hdwr sectors > (2199023 MB) > [4304160.828000] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > [4304160.828000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through > [4304160.828000] /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0:<4>printk: 110 > messages suppressed. > [4304160.828000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 > [4304160.829000] unable to read partition table > [4304162.851000] sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: > [4304162.851000] : Current: sense key: Illegal Request > [4304162.851000] Additional sense: Invalid command operation code > [4304162.851000] Info fld=0x0
Support for these devices has been improved in more recent kernels. Try upgrading to 2.6.19. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
