On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 08:26:09AM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi.  I am using linux-3.6.2 kernel with gentoo patches and I have been
> having problems with the usb3 enclosure made by Roseweil.  If I boot
> with the drive plugged in, in this kernel, I cannot really boot because
> it spits out continuous error messages -- something about code -71 maybe
> cannot allocate address or something like that, right from the initrd
> onwards.

Can you capture the dmesg with netconsole or shutdown the computer
shortly after the messages appear with the sys-request keys so that the
dmesg gets written to disk?

> In previous kernels such as 3.4.0, it didn't do anything
> unless I unplugged and replugged in the drive.  Now if I have the drive
> unplugged and wait till the system is booted, I can plug the drive in
> and everything works OK.  I looked in the BIOS and it sees the drive as
> a boot drive, but not a hard drive if the drive is plugged in.

Is this drive your boot device?

> Is there anything I can do to boot with the drive plugged in?

I would have to see the failing dmesg to see if it's something that can
be fixed.

> Thanks in advance for any ideas.

What system are you running on?  Can you boot without the drive plugged
in and run `sudo lspci -vvv -n` and `sudo lspci -vvv` for me?

Sarah Sharp
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