USB booting :: USB not detected



I already opened a topic in a different Forum but I thought this issue is more adeguate to this one.

The problem is DSL only detects a very old 128MB USB pen.

I tryed with the same computer on the same port pens of many brands and sizes but only that one works.

I had the suggestion to do a fdisk -l obtaining with the working pen
Code Sample
[/home/dsl]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdb: 131 MB, 131072000 bytes
9 heads, 32 sectors/track, 888 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 288 * 512 = 147456 bytes

  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *         1       889    127983+   b  Win95 FAT32
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
    phys=(1000, 8, 32) logical=(888, 7, 31)

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1      7295  58597056    c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
and with all the others
Code Sample
[/home/dsl]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1      7295  58597056    c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA)


As all pens are not listen at all, I can't understand why only one pen is liked.

I think a pen must be detected in order to use it to boot; which pens are good and which are not? (And why?)

Thanks, Fede
What happens in dmesg after you plug one in/boot with one?
I did dmesg (last 60 lines) anf fdisk -l with
- no pen
- 1 GB pen
- 128 MB pen (the working ont);
with this output

Code Sample
~/tmp/usbrep$ cat dmesg-nopen.txt
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 887
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.1-2 address 3
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.1-2, assigned address 4
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 4
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1966
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.1-2 address 4


Code Sample
~/tmp/usbrep$ cat dmesg-nopen.txt
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 887
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.1-2 address 3
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.1-2, assigned address 4
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 4
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1966
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.1-2 address 4
mune@lello:~/tmp/usbrep$
mune@lello:~/tmp/usbrep$ cat dmesg-1gb.txt
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
SCSI device sdb: 256000 512-byte hdwr sectors (131 MB)
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 106
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: sdb1
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/W MODULE]
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sd(8,16).
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev sd(8,16).
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on sd(8,16)
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 360
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.1-2 address 5
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-4, assigned address 4
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=4 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-4, assigned address 5
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-110)


Code Sample
~/tmp/usbrep$ cat dmesg-1gb.txt
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
SCSI device sdb: 256000 512-byte hdwr sectors (131 MB)
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 106
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: sdb1
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/W MODULE]
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sd(8,16).
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev sd(8,16).
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on sd(8,16)
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 360
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.1-2 address 5
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-4, assigned address 4
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=4 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-4, assigned address 5
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-110)
mune@lello:~/tmp/usbrep$
mune@lello:~/tmp/usbrep$ cat dmesg-128mb.txt
sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00
sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sdb: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
unable to read partition table
sdb: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00
sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00
sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sdb: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
unable to read partition table
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
hub.c: port 3 over-current change
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.1-2, assigned address 5
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 5
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1770
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0c 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: Write Protect is on
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
SCSI device sdb: 256000 512-byte hdwr sectors (131 MB)
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 106
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: sdb1
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.
NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/W MODULE]
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sd(8,16).
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev sd(8,16).
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on sd(8,16)
FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:10.


Code Sample
~/tmp/usbrep$ cat fdisk-nopen.txt

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1      7295  58597056    c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA)


Code Sample
~/tmp/usbrep$ cat fdisk-1gb.txt

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1      7295  58597056    c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA)


Code Sample
~/tmp/usbrep$ cat fdisk-128mb.txt

Disk /dev/sdb: 131 MB, 131072000 bytes
9 heads, 32 sectors/track, 888 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 288 * 512 = 147456 bytes

  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *         1       889    127983+   b  Win95 FAT32
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
    phys=(1000, 8, 32) logical=(888, 7, 31)

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1      7295  58597056    c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA)


Fede
Quote (mune @ Feb. 20 2007,20:37)
I already opened a topic in a different Forum but I thought this issue is more adeguate to this one.

The problem is DSL only detects a very old 128MB USB pen.

I tryed with the same computer on the same port pens of many brands and sizes but only that one works.


Open emelfm, double click /mnt in the right pane. It should list the mount points for your hard drive and other storage media you've hotplugged. There will be at least sda1 for the one pen, possibly other points for other pens (sdb1, sdc1, etc.) you've inserted. Hotplug assigns mount points sequentially for different devices, it doesn't recycle the same point (i.e., sda1) for different ones automatically.

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I had the suggestion to do a fdisk -l obtaining with the working pen
[/home/dsl]# fdisk -l


Please try this instead so you don't keep pasting in output related to your hard drive:
fdisk -l /dev/devicename
where devicename is the point that should be set either as sda, sdb, sdc, etc., depending how many pens you've inserted.
When I insert the 128MB pen I see in /mnt a new sdb1 dir when I insert the 1GB one nothing happens.

Fede
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