On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 01:38:07PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > usb 1-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2329 > > usb 1-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 > > usb 1-3.1: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge > > usb 1-3.1: Manufacturer: JMicron > > usb 1-3.1: SerialNumber: DC11017369FF > > usb-storage 1-3.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > > usb-storage 1-3.1:1.0: Quirks match for vid 152d pid 2329: 8020 > > scsi10 : usb-storage 1-3.1:1.0 > > usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage > > usbcore: registered new interface driver uas > > scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD30 EFRX-68AX9N0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS > > sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] 5860533168 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 28 00 00 00 > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > sdc: sdc1 > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk > > > > I just bought a new USB3 enclosure, and put the same 3TB disk in and saw this instead.. > > > > usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, idProduct=5106 > > usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1 > > usb 1-1: Product: AS2105 > > usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ASMedia > > usb 1-1: SerialNumber: WD-WMC1T1017369 > > usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > > usb-storage 1-1:1.0: Quirks match for vid 174c pid 5106: 800000 > > scsi11 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0 > > scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD30 EFRX-68AX9N0 80.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > > sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] 732566646 4096-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] 732566646 4096-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) > > sdc: unknown partition table > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] 732566646 4096-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) > > sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk > > > > The quirk listed for the newer enclosure > > tells it not to use UAS, but is that a prerequisite for READ CAPACITY(16)? > > No, that has nothing to do with it. UAS is merely the transport; ok > the commands that get sent are the same either way. So can you explain why the "Trying READ CAPACITY 16" spew happens with the first enclosure, but not the 2nd ? > > I'd rather not reformat & sync 3TB if I can avoid it. Am I screwed ? > > You could always try to get a different enclosure that worked better. :-) These things are always a crapshoot. I lost count long ago how many broken USB2 ones I've seen. The jmicron bridge above is the first one I've never had a single problem with. Now I get to start over with USB3. > Still, even with the existing enclosure you might be able to work > around the problem. Just rewrite the partition table, dividing all > the starting-block and number-of-blocks values by 8. (Better keep a > copy of the original partition table lying around, just in case!) > > On the other hand, I don't know if the filesystem will work after that. > If it uses physical sector sizes to record where things are located, it > won't work. Easy enough to try it and see, though... Yeah, that sounds like the opposite of a fun time. thanks, Dave -- 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