On 10/05/2012 01:45 PM, Dave Howorth wrote:
ellanios82 wrote:
- after installing new kernel, i first noticed prob when trying to run RSYNC for backup
but, now realize it is NOT possible to mount ANY sda partition You've posted quite a lot of information, but haven't actually shown us how and where this error message occurs! Please post the command and its output. Please use a verbose option -v if available, and please post any output from the system log that seems relevant
Hello Dave - thank you Command & response : # mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device .................................. DMESG ________ [ 0.000000] DMI: O.E.M O.E.M/G41MXE/G41MXE-K, BIOS 080015 11/11/2009 [ 0.000000] e820: update [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff] usable ==> reserved [ 0.000000] e820: remove [mem 0x000a0000-0x000fffff] usable [ 0.000000] e820: last_pfn = 0x130000 max_arch_pfn = 0x1000000 [ 0.000000] MTRR default type: uncachable [ 0.000000] MTRR fixed ranges enabled: [ 0.000000] 00000-9FFFF write-back [ 0.000000] A0000-BFFFF uncachable [ 0.000000] C0000-CFFFF write-protect [ 0.000000] D0000-DFFFF uncachable [ 0.000000] E0000-EFFFF write-through [ 0.000000] F0000-FFFFF write-protect [ 0.000000] MTRR variable ranges enabled: [ 0.000000] 0 base 000000000 mask F00000000 write-back [ 0.000000] 1 base 100000000 mask FE0000000 write-back [ 0.000000] 2 base 120000000 mask FF0000000 write-back [ 0.000000] 3 base 0D0000000 mask FF0000000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 4 base 0E0000000 mask FE0000000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 5 base 0CDE00000 mask FFFE00000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 6 base 0CE000000 mask FFE000000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 7 disabled [ 0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106 [ 0.000000] e820: update [mem 0xcde00000-0xffffffff] usable ==> reserved [ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000ff780-0x000ff78f] mapped at [c00ff780] [ 0.000000] initial memory mapped: [mem 0x00000000-0x011fffff] [ 0.000000] Base memory trampoline at [c009b000] 9b000 size 16384 [ 0.000000] init_memory_mapping: [mem 0x00000000-0x371fdfff] [ 0.000000] [mem 0x00000000-0x001fffff] page 4k [ 0.000000] [mem 0x00200000-0x36ffffff] page 2M [ 0.000000] [mem 0x37000000-0x371fdfff] page 4k [ 0.000000] kernel direct mapping tables up to 0x371fdfff @ [mem 0x011f5000-0x011fffff] [ 0.000000] RAMDISK: [mem 0x37065000-0x37feffff] [ 0.000000] Allocated new RAMDISK: [mem 0x360da000-0x37064dbc] [ 0.000000] Move RAMDISK from [mem 0x37065000-0x37fefdbc] to [mem 0x360da000-0x37064dbc] [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000f94f0 00014 (v00 ACPIAM) [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDT cdda0000 00040 (v01 A1 20091111 MSFT 00000097) ............................... 1.569285] input: HID 04b4:0033 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/input/input1 [ 1.569359] hid-generic 0003:04B4:0033.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [HID 04b4:0033] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input0 [ 1.844645] ata1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 [ 1.844784] ata1.01: BMDMA stat 0x44 [ 1.844858] ata1.01: failed command: READ DMA [ 1.844942] ata1.01: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/f0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [ 1.844942] res 51/84:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/f0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) [ 1.845230] ata1.01: status: { DRDY ERR } [ 1.845305] ata1.01: error: { ICRC ABRT } [ 1.845403] ata1: soft resetting link [ 2.128603] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/33 [ 2.128610] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] [ 2.128612] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 2.128614] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] [ 0.907216] ACPI: Invalid Power Resource to register! [ 2.128616] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] [descriptor] [ 2.128619] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): [ 2.128621] 72 0b 47 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 [ 2.128631] 00 00 00 00 [ 2.128635] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] [ 2.128638] Add. Sense: Scsi parity error [ 2.128641] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] CDB: [ 2.128642] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 [ 2.128651] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 [ 2.128763] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 [ 2.128874] ata1: EH complete [ 3.068332] ata1.01: limiting speed to UDMA/25:PIO4 [ 3.068335] ata1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 [ 3.068471] ata1.01: BMDMA stat 0x44 [ 3.068546] ata1.01: failed command: READ DMA [ 3.068629] ata1.01: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/f0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [ 3.068629] res 51/84:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/f0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) [ 3.068904] ata1.01: status: { DRDY ERR } [ 3.068979] ata1.01: error: { ICRC ABRT } [ 3.069083] ata1: soft resetting link [ 3.352292] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/25 [ 3.352298] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] [ 3.352300] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 3.352302] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] [ 3.352303] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] [descriptor] [ 3.352306] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): [ 3.352308] 72 0b 47 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 [ 3.352317] 00 00 00 00 [ 3.352322] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] [ 3.352324] Add. Sense: Scsi parity error [ 3.352327] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] CDB: [ 3.352328] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 [ 3.352336] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 [ 3.352448] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 [ 3.352555] ata1: EH complete [ 3.400372] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. [ 3.400764] sda: unable to read partition table [ 3.400969] sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 3.413730] alua: device handler registered [ 3.415157] emc: device handler registered [ 3.416529] hp_sw: device handler registered [ 3.417927] rdac: device handler registered [ 3.422097] udevd[124]: starting version 182 [ 3.430407] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2 [ 3.430460] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB] [ 3.430520] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3 [ 3.430567] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF] [ 3.439384] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 [ 3.442654] checking generic (d0000000 1ff0000) vs hw (d0000000 10000000) [ 3.442657] fb: conflicting fb hw usage inteldrmfb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver [ 3.442672] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 [ 3.442771] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 3.443172] i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X [ 3.443180] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010). [ 3.443181] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. [ 3.443208] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem [ 3.541966] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device [ 3.576052] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64 [ 3.580051] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device .......................... excuse me, i do not understand this stuff & therefore do not know what is relevant :( ............................... thank you -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org