Hi folks. 've got a WinXP system that's got stuffed by a virus. I've put a new HDD in and started a clean install and now I'm trying to use my (F17) Linux laptop to copy the files off the old HDD and scan them. However, when I connect the external USB caddy Linux fails to read the driver, as per the log entries below. Can anyone suggest how I can get access to the drive please. There is nothing physically wrong with the drive and Windows did boot fine when it was in the PC. Gary [root@gary ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.312224] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.428157] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338 Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.428167] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.428174] usb 2-2: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.428180] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: JMicron Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.428185] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 152D203380B6 Aug 14 11:25:21 gary mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2" Aug 14 11:25:21 gary mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 2 was not an MTP device Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.518265] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.519174] scsi5 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0 Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.519308] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [ 301.519310] USB Mass Storage support registered. Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.521592] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.523606] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.531087] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.532161] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.532173] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.535760] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.536776] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.536783] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [ 302.536788] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk Aug 14 11:25:22 gary ata_id[1968]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument ^C [root@gary ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb fdisk: unable to read /dev/sdb: Invalid argument [root@gary ~]# -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
