Scott Burns wrote:
A.J. Bonnema wrote:
>
> Thanks for this explanation. It didn't work though. For /dev/sda it
> gives "dd opening '/dev/sda1': no such device or address.
> For /dev/sda it gives:
>
> "
> dd: reading '/dev/sda': Intput/output error
> 0+0 records in
> 0+0 records out
> "
>
> Idea's?
>
>
Sounds like a driver problem. What gets written to /var/log/messages
about it?
[I already sent this somewhere, but it didn't (afaics), so I'll repeat
it here]
I found out some more from /var/log/message in reaction to 'fdisk -l
/dev/sda'. The output follows:
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not
present
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host =
0, driver = 08
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not
present
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512
bytes, disk size 1GB.
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Nov 24 02:00:55 abonnema kernel: unable to read partition table
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not
present
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host =
0, driver = 08
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not
present
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512
bytes, disk size 1GB.
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: unable to read partition table
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a
disc in the drive.
Nov 24 02:01:14 abonnema kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Do you have any idea what's going on?
Guus.
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A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands,
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