On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:23:45AM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > My daughter's 64mb Mini-k mp3 player has just died and giving an error > 'reformat to FAT16'. Neither fdisk or parted will access the drive > giving i/o read and unable to read partition table errors. Tried > googling without success/ > > > dmesg gives the follwoing when the device is plugged in. > > > usb 2-6: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 > scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > usb-storage: device found at 5 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > Vendor: Digital Model: MP3 Music Player Rev: 0100 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 > sdc: Unit Not Ready, sense: > : Current: sense key: Hardware Error > Additional sense: Logical unit failure > Info fld=0x0 > sdc : READ CAPACITY failed. > sdc : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 > sd: Current: sense key: Hardware Error > Additional sense: Logical unit failure > Info fld=0x0 > sdc: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > sdc: assuming drive cache: write through > > <snip repeated sensing errors> > > /dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0:<4>printk: 68 messages suppressed. > Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0 > Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0 > ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. > Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0 > unable to read partition table > Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > usb-storage: device scan complete > > I'm assuming this means the hardware has failed.
I'm afraid that's right. I sometimes experienced similar errors with usb storage devices when connected via a usb hub, sometimes even an additional cable. So you could try to plug it into the usb port directly. If that doesn't work, I have no idea. > > If anyone thinks otherwise and can offer an help it would be appreciated. > > TIA > > Wackojacko HTH -- Joachim Fahnenmüller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
