[ale] USB->IDE problems

[James P. Kinney III]

Will the drive show up OK connected through IDE directly (trying to
isolate the error as either drive or USB->IDE)?

On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 09:38, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> And the drive has disappeared.  It seems the only way to get it back is
> to reboot :(
> 
> On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 09:35, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I got it working with a newer drive.  Maybe be an issue with the older
> > drive.  I'm seeing errors like this.
> > 
> > 
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99356148
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99356402
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99356656
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99356910
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99357164
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99357418
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99357672
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99357926
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99358180
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99358434
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99358688
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99358942
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99359196
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99359450
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99359704
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99359958
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99360212
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99360466
> >  I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 99360720
> > 
> > These only poped up when I executed a mke2fs.  I know the drive is good
> > because I've used it.  I pulled it out of my workstation.  I would like
> > to run some tests to see if I can safely ignore these messages.  Does
> > someone know a program or way to do this?  Maybe with /sbin/hdparm ?
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 08:13, James P. Kinney III wrote:
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