Do people use USB drives on 2.4.32 kernels? Mine works for a while, but
then I start getting I/O errors and need to unload/reload usb-storage
for it to work again.

After running modprobe usb-storage, I get this in /var/log/messages:

Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: Vendor: Maxtor 6 Model: Y250P0
Rev: 0811
Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.


Then I proceed to mount it with mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/abc

Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel
0, id 0, lun 0
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: SCSI device sda: 490234752 512-byte hdwr
sectors (251000 MB)
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O MODULE]
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Warning! NTFS volume version is
Win2k+: Mounting read-only
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel
0, id 0, lun 0
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: SCSI device sda: 490234752 512-byte hdwr
sectors (251000 MB)
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O MODULE]
Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Warning! NTFS volume version is
Win2k+: Mounting read-only

and that's fine, but after a little bit of reading files from the disk
(using rsync or cp), I start getting:

Sep 2 17:25:19 buster kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
Sep 2 17:25:39 buster last message repeated 2 times
Sep 2 17:25:39 buster kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1
address 2
Sep 2 17:25:40 buster kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned
address 3
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: scsi: device set offline - not ready or
command retry failed after bus reset: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 0
lun 0 return code = 50000
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 28688592
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Read/write error.
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 28689104
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Read/write error.
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 28654800
Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Read/write error.
....

Here's the output of
root@buster ~# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
nls_cp437 4316 1 (autoclean)
ntfs 49984 1 (autoclean)
sd_mod 10348 2 (autoclean)
usb-storage 26192 1
scsi_mod 86068 2 [sd_mod usb-storage]
8139too 12776 1
mii 2144 0 [8139too]
crc32 2848 0 [8139too]
keybdev 1796 0 (unused)
mousedev 3860 0 (unused)
hid 20068 0 (unused)
input 3104 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 21456 0 (unused)
usbcore 57260 1 [usb-storage hid usb-uhci]

Output of lspci:
root@buster /var/log# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge
(rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro
Ultra TF

cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers
usbdevfs
hub
96-111: hiddev
hid
usb-storage

The following command stops working after the error start occurring -
the command will hang for a while and then output nothing. This is when
the driver is freshly loaded.

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S: SerialNumber=e000
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=05e3 ProdID=0702 Rev= 0.33
S: Product=USB TO IDE
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 96mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms

What gives? Do I need to issue the mount command differently or should I
be using a different driver? I don't have usb-ehci installed and
usb-ohci doesn't work. Any help appreciated.

Thanks much!
Alton

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:08:22 -0700, Alton Yu wrote:

> Do people use USB drives on 2.4.32 kernels? Mine works for a while, but
> then I start getting I/O errors and need to unload/reload usb-storage
> for it to work again.
>
> After running modprobe usb-storage, I get this in /var/log/messages:
>
> Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
> Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: Vendor: Maxtor 6 Model: Y250P0
> Rev: 0811
> Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: Type: Direct-Access
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Sep 2 17:20:38 buster kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
>
>
> Then I proceed to mount it with mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/abc
>
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel
> 0, id 0, lun 0
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: SCSI device sda: 490234752 512-byte hdwr
> sectors (251000 MB)
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O MODULE]
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Warning! NTFS volume version is
> Win2k+: Mounting read-only
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel
> 0, id 0, lun 0
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: SCSI device sda: 490234752 512-byte hdwr
> sectors (251000 MB)
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O MODULE]
> Sep 2 17:21:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Warning! NTFS volume version is
> Win2k+: Mounting read-only

I don't think that the filesystem is the issue. I could be wrong because
I haven't used USB disks with partitions formatted ntfs. The above shows
your mount command is fine- the kernel sees the right filesystem on the
drive and mounts it. The filesystem driver issues a warning that for
whatever reason the partition will be mounted read only, etc.

>
> and that's fine, but after a little bit of reading files from the disk
> (using rsync or cp), I start getting:
>
> Sep 2 17:25:19 buster kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Sep 2
> 17:25:39 buster last message repeated 2 times Sep 2 17:25:39 buster
> kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 2

I have a USB camera which "disconnects/sleeps" after some period of
inactivity. It is not mounted as a USB storage device, though. Is your
Maxtor drive going offline/powersave because it doesn't think it is in use?

> Sep 2 17:25:40 buster kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned
> address 3
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: scsi: device set offline - not ready or
> command retry failed after bus reset: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 0
> lun 0 return code = 50000
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 28688592
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Read/write error.
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 28689104
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Read/write error.
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 28654800
> Sep 2 17:26:20 buster kernel: NTFS: Read/write error.
> ...
>
<snip>
>
> What gives? Do I need to issue the mount command differently or should I
> be using a different driver? I don't have usb-ehci installed and
> usb-ohci doesn't work. Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks much!
> Alton
>
Note: comments inline.

I don't have any Maxtor external discs, but I have some external
USB 2.0 Western Digital and Seagate drives. I have used them without
problems.

Are you sure your disk is known good? I would run some integrity tests on
it to rule out drive errors as a first test. Perhaps a full read test
with dd, preceded by some simple smartctl queries.

# smartctl --health /dev/sdx

And these disk generally come with an install/diagnostic disk. Can you run
those diagnostics?

--
Douglas Mayne