Fdisk

["Ray Holtz" <ray@rayholtz.com>]

I am trying to get a Seagate 160GB EIDE drive in a Kingwin TL-35USBI
external drive enclosure (USB2) working.  The drive is brand new, never
used.  I plug it in to the computer running Fedora 4 with kernel
2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 (with all current updates) and get this message from
/var/log/messages:

** BEGIN QUOTE **
Mar 30 21:11:39 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 10
Mar 30 21:11:39 localhost kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel:   Vendor: ST316081  Model: 2A           
    Rev: 3.AA
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                 
    ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 312581807 512-byte hdwr
sectors (160042 MB)
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 312581807 512-byte hdwr
sectors (160042 MB)
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel:  sda: unknown partition table
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Mar 30 21:11:44 localhost scsi.agent[10233]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.3/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0
** END QUOTE **

Then I try to run: 'fdisk /dev/sda' it spits back at me 'Unable to open
/dev/sda' and /var/log/messages says:

** BEGIN ANOTHER QUOTE **
Mar 30 21:17:55 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 10
Mar 30 21:17:56 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:56 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:57 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 10
Mar 30 21:17:57 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:57 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:57 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 10
Mar 30 21:17:57 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device not accepting address
10, error -71
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 10
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device not accepting address
10, error -71
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 10
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not
ready after error recovery
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel:  2:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10000
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: printk: 76 messages suppressed.
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 0
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel:  2:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10000
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 1
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel:  2:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to device being
removed
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 2
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 3
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 4
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 5
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 6
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 7
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 8
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical
block 9
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel:  2:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost last message repeated 2 times
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 11
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:59 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 12
Mar 30 21:17:59 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:59 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64,
error -71
Mar 30 21:17:59 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 13
Mar 30 21:18:00 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device not accepting address
13, error -71
Mar 30 21:18:00 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 14
Mar 30 21:18:00 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: device not accepting address
14, error -71
** END ANOTHER QUOTE **

So, what is the problem?  Is something missing/wrong/which planets aren't
aligned correctly?  Ask me for more info, and I shall provide.  I need to
get this setup for a client's backup system.  Thank you all for your
wisdom and help over the years, and for this also.




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