SONY SMO-F551, non-functional for a loong time :)

SONY SMO-F551, non-functional for a loong time :)

[David Ford]

For the last couple of years, this MO drive (I have several) has been 
unusable.  It used to lock up the machine if I had a disc inside it when 
I booted, but that was late in 2.5, and now with 2.6.3, it no longer 
hangs the machine, however, it's still not usable.

I'd love to get this bugger working, I used to use it a long long time 
ago in 2.4 kernels.  Any suggestions?

David
--

bootup stuff:

sym0: <875> rev 0x4 at pci 0000:01:0b.0 irq 209
sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 15, Fast-20, SE, parity checking
sym0: open drain IRQ line driver, using on-chip SRAM
sym0: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware.
sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.
scsi0 : sym-2.1.18f
  Vendor: UMAX      Model: Astra 2400S       Rev: V1.1
  Type:   Scanner                            ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: SONY      Model: SMO-F551          Rev: 1.14
  Type:   Optical Device                     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sym0:4:0: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16.
libata version 1.00 loaded.
st: Version 20040122, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
sym0:4: FAST-10 SCSI 5.0 MB/s ST (200.0 ns, offset 15)
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current : sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08
Current sd: sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 5b 03 10 08
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI error: host 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 8000002
        Sense class 7, sense error 0, extended sense 4
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current : sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08
Current sd: sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 5b 03 10 08
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current : sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08
Current sd: sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 5b 03 10 08
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target4/lun0:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sda, 
logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
 unable to read partition table
 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target4/lun0:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sda, 
logical block 0
 unable to read partition table
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0,  type 6
Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0,  type 7



# fdisk /dev/sda
Unable to read /dev/sda


# dmesg -c
SCSI error: host 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 8000002
        Sense class 7, sense error 0, extended sense 4
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current : sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08
Current sd: sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 5b 03 10 08
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current : sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08
Current sd: sense key Hardware Error
ASC=40 ASCQ=86
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 5b 03 10 08
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target4/lun0:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sda,
 logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
 unable to read partition table
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 1
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 2
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 3
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 4
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 5
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 6
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 7
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 8
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 9
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 10
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 11
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 12
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 13
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 14
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 15

Re: SONY SMO-F551, non-functional for a loong time :)

[Steve McIntyre]

David Ford writes:
>For the last couple of years, this MO drive (I have several) has been 
>unusable.  It used to lock up the machine if I had a disc inside it when 
>I booted, but that was late in 2.5, and now with 2.6.3, it no longer 
>hangs the machine, however, it's still not usable.
>
>I'd love to get this bugger working, I used to use it a long long time 
>ago in 2.4 kernels.  Any suggestions?

You've got hardware problems, either media or drive:

>sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
>Current : sense key Hardware Error
>ASC=40 ASCQ=86

Key/code/qual 4/40/86 is (IIRC) Read Channel Calibration Failure,
which means either the drive hardware is failing or (more likely) the
disk loaded is buggered and the drive can't read it any more. Try
another disk...

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code 
 is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth

Re: SONY SMO-F551, non-functional for a loong time :)

[David Ford]

Hmm.  I've since swapped that particular MO with another.  The hang on 
boot is back unless I set the speed down to 5M/s.  Still have problems 
reading/writing it so I'm trying a BusLogic adapter now.

Steve McIntyre wrote:

>David Ford writes:
>  
>
>>For the last couple of years, this MO drive (I have several) has been 
>>unusable.  It used to lock up the machine if I had a disc inside it when 
>>I booted, but that was late in 2.5, and now with 2.6.3, it no longer 
>>hangs the machine, however, it's still not usable.
>>
>>I'd love to get this bugger working, I used to use it a long long time 
>>ago in 2.4 kernels.  Any suggestions?
>>    
>>
>
>You've got hardware problems, either media or drive:
>
>  
>
>>sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
>>Current : sense key Hardware Error
>>ASC=40 ASCQ=86
>>    
>>
>
>Key/code/qual 4/40/86 is (IIRC) Read Channel Calibration Failure,
>which means either the drive hardware is failing or (more likely) the
>disk loaded is buggered and the drive can't read it any more. Try
>another disk...
>
>  
>