Re: [BUG] Linux-2.6.31-rc1 Fails To Recognize Some USB Disks

Martin K. Petersen
2009-06-29T03:22:16Z

>>>>> "Tarkan" == Tarkan Erimer <tarkan.erimer@turknet.net.tr> writes:

Tarkan> Hi, I just tried to plug a "Western Digital, My Book Series" USB
Tarkan> disk on 2.6.31-rc1. But, it failed to recognize it by saying
Tarkan> "READ CAPACITY failed". The same disk works fine with =<
Tarkan> 2.6.30.

Can you please mail us the output of...

# sg_inq /dev/sdb
# sg_readcap /dev/sdb
# sg_readcap -l /dev/sdb

... for that WD drive?

You may have to install the sg3_utils package.

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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering