Re: Problems accessing USB Mass Storage

[Pete Zaitcev]

>> You should be able to run the equivalent:
>> 
>> 	dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/zero bs=512 count=8
> 
> I done that and please find the output below:

> SCSI device sda: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
> usb-storage: queuecommand() called
> usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
> usb-storage: Command MODE_SENSE (6 bytes)
> usb-storage: 1a 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 e9 df
> usb-storage: Bulk command S 0x43425355 T 0x23 Trg 0 LUN 0 L 255 F 128 CL
> 6
> usb-storage: Bulk command transfer result=0
> usb-storage: usb_stor_transfer_partial(): xfer 255 bytes
> usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_msg() returned -32 xferred 0/255
> usb-storage: clearing endpoint halt for pipe 0xc0038280
> usb-storage: usb_stor_clear_halt: result=0
> usb-storage: usb_stor_transfer_partial(): unknown error
> usb-storage: Bulk data transfer result 0x2
> usb-storage: Attempting to get CSW...
> usb-storage: Bulk status result = 0
> usb-storage: Bulk status Sig 0x53425355 T 0x23 R 255 Stat 0x1
> usb-storage: -- transport indicates command failure
> usb-storage: Issuing auto-REQUEST_SENSE
> usb-storage: Bulk command S 0x43425355 T 0x23 Trg 0 LUN 0 L 18 F 128 CL
> 6
> usb-storage: Bulk command transfer result=0
> usb-storage: usb_stor_transfer_partial(): xfer 18 bytes
> usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_msg() returned 0 xferred 18/18
> usb-storage: usb_stor_transfer_partial(): transfer complete
> usb-storage: Bulk data transfer result 0x0
> usb-storage: Attempting to get CSW...
> usb-storage: Bulk status result = 0
> usb-storage: Bulk status Sig 0x53425355 T 0x23 R 0 Stat 0x0
> usb-storage: -- Result from auto-sense is 0
> usb-storage: -- code: 0x70, key: 0x5, ASC: 0x24, ASCQ: 0x0
> usb-storage: Illegal Request: invalid field in CDB
> usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x2
> usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
> sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>  sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>  unable to read partition table
  <------------------------------------ this is wrong. Error without a command.
> usb-storage: queuecommand() called
> usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
> usb-storage: Command ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL (6 bytes)
> usb-storage: 1e 00 00 00 01 00 d7 d4 b7 1e 14 c0
> usb-storage: Bulk command S 0x43425355 T 0x24 Trg 0 LUN 0 L 0 F 0 CL 6
> usb-storage: Bulk command transfer result=0
> usb-storage: Attempting to get CSW...
> usb-storage: Bulk status result = 0
> usb-storage: Bulk status Sig 0x53425355 T 0x24 R 0 Stat 0x0
> usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x0
> usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
>  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0

Seems like media check gets confused.

The missing MODE SENSE is bad, but not fatal. Everything should work.

-- Pete