USB mass storage SCSI error help

[777arty]

USB mass storage SCSI error help

I have this cool little USB key chain disk (nexdisk 32mb)... but i'm havin' a hell-of-a-time getting it to work on my gentoo box. :c(

Here's what i can tell ya:

The device mounts and works fine on the following systems:

redhat 8 machine
mac os X and 9.x
winblows 98

My internal zip disk works fine on /dev/sda
My CD-RW works fine too.

If the device is formatted with nexdisk win98 utility the partition table is a mess and fdisk reports errors

So i re-format with:

fdisk (i've tried many different layouts/types)
Mac OSX disk utility (as msdos)
winblows "right click format"

neither maks a diff.

My machine specs:

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-7IXEH - VIA KT133
current kernel gentoo 2.4.19-r10
i've tried redhat kernel 2.4.19-r4

Some kernel stuff:

support for USB
prelim USB device file system
UHCI (intel PIIx4, VIA) support (i've tried OHCI and the other UHCI)
USB Mass Storage
USB HID stuff
SCSI support
SCSI generic support
Probe all LUNs
Verbose SCSI error reporting
etc.

--- dmesg ---

hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/2, assigned device number 21
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 21
SCSI device sdb: 64000 512-byte hdwr sectors (33 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0:<4>usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 821
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 21

--- ISSUE MOUNT: (won't mount)
mount -t vfat /dev/sdbX /mnt/usb_disk

SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 70000
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
Device 08:10 not ready.
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 2
Device 08:10 not ready.
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
unable to read partition table
Device 08:10 not ready.
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
unable to read partition table

--- MOUNT AGAIN: (mounts but cannot write)
mount -t vfat /dev/sdbX /mnt/usb_disk

hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/2, assigned device number 22
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 22
SCSI device sdb: 64000 512-byte hdwr sectors (33 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0:

--- It mounts, but when i try to write to device:

bread in fat_access failed
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 63
bread in fat_access failed
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 63

Over and over and over...

--- UMOUNT:

usb.c: USB disconnect on device 23

I've prayed to google and google-groups... with no luck. I get the feeling i'm overlooking the obvious... so any help at all will be great!

Thanks!

[777arty]

Clean install of RH8 on second disk, has same problem. hardware problem... mobo go boom!

(oh darn, time for an upgrade! :c)
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