Re: [PLUG] Old IDE drive on USB enclosure with Linux

[Carl Johnson <cjohnson19791979@gmail.com>]

Lookup the drive specs. You want "master no slave" mode or "master single" mode.
 





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"Edmond Rodriguez" <erodrig97.list@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have an old 425MB Western Digital Caviar hard disk that mounts
>perfectly fine on an old Linux box I have (internal with IDE cable).
>
>When I put it on a usb enclosure box (disk set in Master mode), I get
>the following messages in var/log/messages.  I guess it cannot figure
>out the size of the drive.
>How would I mount it with an enclosure box?  Since I am clearing out
>this disk, I am not much worried about it.  I am curious how I would
>mount it anyway, since I have been trying to rescue an even older IDE
>drive, which may have the same problem.
>
>Dec 28 15:03:44 noname kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device
>using ehci_hcd and address 12
>Dec 28 15:03:45 noname kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device found,
>idVendor=13fd, idProduct=1040
>Dec 28 15:03:45 noname kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
>Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>Dec 28 15:03:45 noname kernel: usb 1-1: Product: AC2420H
>Dec 28 15:03:45 noname kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Initio
>Dec 28 15:03:45 noname kernel: usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000W
>Dec 28 15:03:45 noname kernel: scsi5 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Initio
> AC2420H          1.06 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2
>type 0
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device.
>Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as
>device size
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 4294967296 512-byte
>logical blocks: (2.19 TB/2.00 TiB)
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device.
>Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as
>device size
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel:  sdb:
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x07
>driverbyte=0x08
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : 0x4
>[current]
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28
>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
>Dec 28 15:03:50 noname kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
>
>Thanks for looking,
>
>Edmond Rodriguez
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