Re: USB drive destroyed by Linux?
On Wed July 27 2005 12:29 pm, Matej Cepl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have here USB drive which when attached to the USB port yesterday created
> this in /var/log/messages (slightly reformatted for this message, but
> nothing was removed):
>
> kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcda and address 2
> kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Flash Disk
> kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: USB
> kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: BA0304404D7F3E1C
> kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
> kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
> usb.agent[5189]: usb-storage: loaded successfully
> kernel: Vendor: JetFlash Model: TS64MJF2B Rev: 2.00
> kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
> kernel: : Current: sense key: Unit Attention
> kernel: Additional sense: Not ready to ready change, medium may have
> changed kernel: SCSI device sda: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB)
> kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> kernel: SCSI device sda: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB)
> kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> kernel: sda: unknown partition table
> scsi.agent[5279]: sd_mod: loaded sucessfully (for disk)
> kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>
> Unfortunately, as of today, the drive has refused to work -- both under
> Linux as well as with Windows (both 98 and XP Home). Even when inserted to
> Windows, the LED control is just still off and under Linux nothing lands in
> any /var/log/ file (of course, mount ends with failure -- /dev/sda doesn't
> exist). I didn't do anything strange with the drive -- just copying some
> files back and forth between two computers. Is it possible that the drive
> just dies without any apparent reason? Does it happen often to USB drives?
I have read that it does happen, although it has never happened to me. I mount
my usb device as /dev/sda1 and have never had a problem with either of them.
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