I seem to recall that the Iomega-branded versions of these are limited to only working with Iomega drives. You need the generic-branded version to work with any drive. Matt On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Mark <markk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Iomega SCSI-to-USB cable, model# SCSI USBA. Iomega called it the > Jaz USB Adapter; see > http://www.iomega.com/europe/support/english/manuals/jazusb/home.html > Picture: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Q4Z3PMT5L.jpg > > My cable has USB ID 059B:0040. It is identical in appearance to the > Microtech XpressSCSI, which does work with Linux. Both are probably OEM > products manufactured by Shuttle Technology/SCM Microsystems. > > I haven't been able to get my cable to work, though I only tested it with > non-Iomega drives. Has anyone used this cable with non-Iomega drives? > Either mine is faulty, or its firmware is designed to only work with > Iomega drives. (I think it's most likely faulty.) > > I get this dmesg output on powering on the SCSI device, inserting then > eventually disconnecting the USB cable: > [ 5908.360421] usb 7-1: new full speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd > [ 5910.564219] scsi8 : usb-storage 7-1:1.0 > [ 5913.704183] usb 7-1: reset full speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd > [ 5918.032207] usb 7-1: reset full speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd > [ 5922.348444] usb 7-1: reset full speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd > [ 5924.916423] usb 7-1: reset full speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd > [ 5965.296235] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, device number 4 > > I created usbmon and Wireshark captures when doing that. If anyone feels > like investigating, I have uploaded them (~5KB archive) to > http://www.mediafire.com/download/uw4d4dmcq8qfbwg/Iomega_SCSI-USB_problem.tar.gz > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Matthew Dharm Maintainer, USB Mass Storage driver for Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
