On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:54 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote:
BTW what kind (make/model) of case is the drive mounted in?
Ahem, I bought off ebay - it seems to be made in China. Search "*NEW* 120 GB 2.5" External HDD Hard Disk Drive USB 2.0" I didn't honestly know it before now, but the housing seems to be rip-off of a SONY label.
Unfortunate luck there.
Investigating as far I can, the problem is not with the kernel, but it _is_ a hardware (or firmware) issue. The device reports incorrect residue values (?). This means that it violates the USB Mass Storage protocol specification (funny, it claims to be USB2.0 certified). Mac OS X and Windows ignore the bogus residue values but Linux doesn't.
Patch submitted http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/usb/2.6/2.6.20-rc3/usb-...
I should not expect that the device won't work with any earlier kernel. I guess I don't want to mess with a kernel upgrade until I do a full backup, so I'm looking for a new storgae device.
About the kernel upgrade, keep an eye peeled for a new kernel in the on-line updates, and see if it matches the version numbers listed above, when that patch propagates through the various distros, you'll be in business. Do you know of a kind hearted person who can partition it for you in Windows? If so then at least it will be usable until you can do it yourself.
And the moral of this story?
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