On Jan 22, 2008 7:45 PM, Hamish Rodda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My girlfriend's 1gb lexar USB memory stick stopped working today, and I was
> hoping someone could advise what I could do to retrieve the non-backed up
> data...
>
> When it is plugged in, the following is written to /var/log/messages:
>
> usb 5-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12
> usb 5-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access              USB MEMORY BAR   1000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> CCS
> sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 11 512-byte hardware sectors (0 MB)
> sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 11 512-byte hardware sectors (0 MB)
> sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
>  sdb:<6>usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12
> usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12
> usb 5-6: USB disconnect, address 12
> sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT
> driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
> end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
>
> <snip... above messages repeated many times>
>
> then much the same followed by
> usb 5-6: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 13
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ABORT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
>
> and much of this:
> end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1
> end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
>
> eventually:
> unable to read partition table
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
>
>
> lsusb gives the following information:
> Bus 005 Device 013: ID 090c:3000 Feiya Technology Corp.
> Device Descriptor:
>  bLength                18
>  bDescriptorType         1
>  bcdUSB               2.00
>  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
>  bDeviceSubClass         0
>  bDeviceProtocol         0
>  bMaxPacketSize0        64
>  idVendor           0x090c Feiya Technology Corp.
>  idProduct          0x3000
>  bcdDevice            1.00
>  iManufacturer           1 Silicon Motion,Inc.
>  iProduct                2 SM321AA MEMORY BAR
>  iSerial                 0
>  bNumConfigurations      1
>  Configuration Descriptor:
>    bLength                 9
>    bDescriptorType         2
>    wTotalLength           32
>    bNumInterfaces          1
>    bConfigurationValue     1
>    iConfiguration          0
>    bmAttributes         0x80
>      (Bus Powered)
>    MaxPower              100mA
>    Interface Descriptor:
>      bLength                 9
>      bDescriptorType         4
>      bInterfaceNumber        0
>      bAlternateSetting       0
>      bNumEndpoints           2
>      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
>      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
>      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk (Zip)
>      iInterface              0
>      Endpoint Descriptor:
>        bLength                 7
>        bDescriptorType         5
>        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>        bmAttributes            2
>          Transfer Type            Bulk
>          Synch Type               None
>          Usage Type               Data
>        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
>        bInterval             255
>      Endpoint Descriptor:
>        bLength                 7
>        bDescriptorType         5
>        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
>        bmAttributes            2
>          Transfer Type            Bulk
>          Synch Type               None
>          Usage Type               Data
>        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
>        bInterval             255
> Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
>  bLength                10
>  bDescriptorType         6
>  bcdUSB               2.00
>  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
>  bDeviceSubClass         0
>  bDeviceProtocol         0
>  bMaxPacketSize0        64
>  bNumConfigurations      1
> Device Status:     0x0000
>  (Bus Powered)
>
> ... and /proc/partitions:
>   8    16    11       sdb
>
> (fwiw, uname -a gives: Linux glow 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57
> UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux)
>
> So it seems the device is reported as 512 byte sectors x 11 sectors, but you
> can't read from any of it (read error).  This is obviously an incorrect size,
> is there some way I can force it to a reasonable guessed size, so I can run
> dd_recover?  (or anything else I can do?)
>
> Thanks,
> Hamish.
>
> PS. please cc me
>

Does it works against other kernel versions? how about other OS?

Regards
Jason
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