Scott Ehrlich wrote: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Scott Ehrlich wrote: >>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>>> Frank Cox wrote: >>>>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:37:32 -0500 >>>>> Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Get some canned air and blow the dirt off of the sensor in the drive. >>>> No change. >>>> >>>> The drive is the coffee mug tray style. so even opening the plastic >>>> housing for the drive does not let me 'see' the sensor, but I used >>>> a lot of canned air and no change in behaviour.... >>>> >>>> Perhaps I have to go out to the drug store and buy one of those >>>> drive lens cleaner disks? >>>> >>> >>> Have you tried removing/reseating the data cable on both ends? >> USB. I thought I mentioned that.... >> >>> I've seen this work a handful of times. Also, SCSI or other? If >>> SCSI, is it properly terminated, and with the correct ID? I once >>> replaced a SCSI hard drive, and due to some technical change that >>> completely baffled me, using the same cable, and ensuring IDs were >>> all correct (unchanged), could not get the system to properly boot? >>> In the end, a colleague with similar knowledge ended up relocating >>> the SCSI terminator on the cable itself. No reason why it needed to >>> be relocated, but that solved the problem. >> Yeah if those SCSI terminators get a little dirty ;) >>> Try cabling and see what happens... >> >> Using 2.0 cables. Of course the server is an old Compaq SFF that only >> supports USB 1.1 > > What do the logs say about any possible USB errors? How about tail -f > path_to_log_file and unplugged/replugging to see what the active > messages are? > Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Dec 25 20:46:03 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Dec 25 20:46:03 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Dec 25 21:53:01 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device I terminated k3b at this point and unplugged and plugged in the usb cable to the drive: Dec 25 21:54:07 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2 Dec 25 21:54:28 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 Dec 25 21:54:28 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 25 21:54:32 onlo kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8200f Rev: 1.0A Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5