Re: MO trouble (2048 bytes/sector)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:10:06 +0000 (GMT)


> kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
> kernel: sdb: sdb1
> kernel: ll_rw_block: device 08:10: only 2048-char blocks implemented (1024)

What partition types do you have supported. Some of the weird ones are not
fixed yet

> kernel: extra data not valid Current error sd08:11: sense key Hardware Error
> kernel: Additional sense indicates Positioning error detected by read of medium

Dud disk

> kernel: Additional sense indicates Write error - auto reallocation failed
> kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 1229080
>
> I suspect a bad disk, except for the ll_rw_block error. Maybe I should

The ll_rw_block error is a real error of some kind - probably some strange
partitioning code options you have enabled. Do let me know which ones are
in your .config. The rest of the errors are a dud disk

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