The idea is to test whether it concs out as soon as you write to it. That is something that is unfortunately not so rare. Arno On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 20:54:57 CET, H McCurdy wrote: > Luis, > I don't know why you can't see Michael's post but I'll copy/paste it. > The question is what happens if you try to write many zeros to the device. Does it work or does it throw an error? > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4096 count=2500 conv=sync > > Hugh > > Michael Kjörling <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx> To dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx Today at 8:44 AM On 10 Dec 2015 11:18 +0100, from luis.a.de.sousa@xxxxxxxxx (Luís de Sousa): > > Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1. > > Command failed with code 5: Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1. > > What happens if you try to overwrite the first ten MB or so of the > device using dd? > > Something like `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4096 count=2500 conv=sync` > > -- > Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael@xxxxxxxxxxx > “People who think they know everything really annoy > those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup) > > > On Thursday, December 10, 2015 1:25 PM, Luís de Sousa <luis.a.de.sousa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi again Hugh, > > What is "Michael's test"? I'll be happy to do it if I possibly can. > > I do not have an alternative cable, the male plug connecting to the > drive chassis is something I never seen elsewhere, possibly > proprietary. > > Thanks once more, > > Luís > > On 10 December 2015 at 18:37, H McCurdy <hmccurdy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Luis, > > > > If the drive has its own power, it probably isn't lack of power. I would try > > Michael's suggestion so that we can get more data points. > > > > An inexpensive thing to try (assuming error code 5 is an errno error, which > > I think it would be), is a different USB cable. I broke one of my USB > > cables just last week. It looked fine but it isn't fine. It worked some of > > the time and didn't work some of the time. It's in the garbage now after > > being replaced with a reliable cable. Even so, please try Michael's test > > and share the results. > > > > Hugh > > > > > > > > On Thursday, December 10, 2015 12:24 PM, Luís de Sousa > > <luis.a.de.sousa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you for the reply. > > > > I connected the external drive directly to my laptop and removed every > > other stuff connected through USB. I tried again the initialisation > > but I always get this same error. > > > > This external drive is itself powered (with power brick and all). Is > > there anything else I could try to identify the cause of this? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Luís > > > > > > On 10 December 2015 at 17:49, H McCurdy <hmccurdy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi Luis, > >> > >> Error 5 is EIO or I/O error. My first thought was if you are using USB > >> 2.0 > >> because those sometimes have power problems (that would explain an I/O > >> error). Then I looked at your log and it appears you are using 2.0. > >> > >> If I'm right, I suggest disconnecting every USB device that you don't > >> absolutely need and trying again. (The drive did pass a previous > >> diagnostic > >> test telling us that it was working.) If that solves the problem, I > >> suggest > >> using a USB 3 drive or using a **powered** USB hub. > >> > >> Hugh > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:20 AM, Luís de Sousa > >> <luis.a.de.sousa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi everybody, > >> > >> I am trying to encrypt an external hard drive on Ubuntu 14.04 > >> following this guide [1]. I have previously ran badblocks, which > >> returned zero errors; I am also sure the disk is not mounted: > >> > >> $ findmnt /dev/sdb > >> $ findmnt /dev/sdb1 > >> $ > >> > >> Whenever I try the initialisation with cryptsetup I get this same error: > >> > >> $ sudo cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat /dev/sdb1 > >> > >> WARNING! > >> ======== > >> This will overwrite data on /dev/sdb1 irrevocably. > >> > >> Are you sure? (Type uppercase yes): YES > >> Enter passphrase: > >> Verify passphrase: > >> Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1. > >> Command failed with code 5: Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1. > >> > >> dmesg is not reporting anything out of the ordinary: > >> > >> $ dmesg > >> [ 3208.032228] usb 2-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 7 using > >> ehci-pci > >> [ 3208.140990] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=059f, > >> idProduct=0651 > >> [ 3208.141001] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > >> SerialNumber=3 > >> [ 3208.141024] usb 2-1.4: Product: LaCie Hard Drive USB > >> [ 3208.141031] usb 2-1.4: Manufacturer: LaCie > >> [ 3208.141037] usb 2-1.4: SerialNumber: 10000E000BD8A671 > >> [ 3208.177576] usb-storage 2-1.4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > >> [ 3208.178112] scsi4 : usb-storage 2-1.4:1.0 > >> [ 3208.178183] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage > >> [ 3209.176917] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access SEAGATE ST3160812A > >> 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 > >> [ 3209.177561] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > >> [ 3209.181342] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 312581808 512-byte logical blocks: > >> (160 GB/149 GiB) > >> [ 3209.182337] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > >> [ 3209.182348] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 53 00 00 08 > >> [ 3209.183339] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: > >> enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > >> [ 3209.201618] sdb: sdb1 > >> [ 3209.229465] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk > >> > >> In the log a strange message is reporting something with block 0: > >> > >> $ tail /var/log/syslog > >> Dec 8 09:18:20 MekanikDestruktiwKommandoh kernel: [ 3698.016311] > >> end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0 > >> Dec 8 09:18:28 MekanikDestruktiwKommandoh wpa_supplicant[1188]: > >> wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED > >> > >> Any ideas on what may be going wrong here? Thank you, > >> > >> Luís > >> > >> > >> [1] > >> > >> http://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/howto-linux-hard-disk-encryption-with-luks-cryptsetup-command/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dm-crypt mailing list > >> dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > >> http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > >> > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > > > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato If it's in the news, don't worry about it. 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