Kelvin Wood wrote to linux1394-user: > Hi everyone, > > We recently purchased a Maxtor 300GB drive, and we've been trying to > mount the drive on a server running RedHat Enterprise 3. So far, we've > got the server to detect the drive and map it to /dev/sda device, but it > seems to have the following errors out while trying to read the disk: > > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: blk: queue c8897a18, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Vendor: Maxtor Model: OneTouch III Rev: 0338 > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06 > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: blk: queue c8897018, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: SCSI device sda: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB) > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: sda:<6>Device 08:00 not ready. > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Device 08:00 not ready. > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: unable to read partition table Was the disk already spinning before sbp2 logged in? If it was _not_ spinning, then it was fixed in Linux 2.6.18-rc4, 2.6.17.2, and 2.6.16.28 by http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e31f59ce593b073ee14241781edfb0637697eeb6 See also https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=183011 and try the sg_start command, as suggested in comment #2 at this bug. (After that, you'd need to somehow force Linux to re-read the partition table.) If the disk was already spinning, it is hard to say whether this patch would be the fix. Additional SCSI debug logging or the sg_start trick would tell us. Alas... > Other bits of miscellaneous information that may help: > > Kernel: kernel-smp-2.4.21-40.EL > Libraw: libraw1394-0.9.0-10.RHEL3 ...I don't know if the SCSI core's code which above 2.6 patch relies on is also available in Linux 2.4 or as a patch for Linux 2.4. The guys at linux-scsi know more about it, therefore I crossposted. > [root@server root]# cat /proc/scsi/sbp2_0/1 > Host scsi1 : SBP-2 IEEE-1394 (ohci1394) > Driver version : $Rev: 906 $ James Goodwin <jamesg@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Module options : > max_speed : S800 > max_sectors : 255 > serialize_io : no > exclusive_login : yes > > Attached devices : > [Channel: 00, Id: 00, Lun: 00] Direct-Access Maxtor OneTouch III > > [root@server root]# lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 23) > 00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01) > 00:00.2 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01) > 00:00.3 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01) > 00:01.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array 5i/532 (rev 01) > 00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) > 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) > 00:06.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Advanced System Management Controller > 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Broadcom OSB4 South Bridge (rev 51) > 00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom OSB4 IDE Controller > 00:0f.2 USB Controller: Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 04) > 01:03.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) > 01:03.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) > 01:03.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63) > 01:03.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) > 07:03.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02) > 07:07.0 PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI Hotplug Controller (rev 12) > > [root@server root]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 > Vendor: HP Model: Ultrium 2-SCSI Rev: S24D > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > Vendor: Maxtor Model: OneTouch III Rev: 0338 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06 > > Have we got a dud disk on our hands, or is this a problem with the driver? > > Thanks, > > Kelvin Do you have a Windows box with FireWire or a Mac to test the disk? -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- =--= -=--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
