Re: Accessing NTFS on an IDE drive through a USB external caddy

[Phil Savoie <psavoie1783@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/14/2012 06:30 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> 've got a WinXP system that's got stuffed by a virus. I've put a new HDD in
> and started a clean install and now I'm trying to use my (F17) Linux laptop
> to copy the files off the old HDD and scan them. However, when I connect the
> external USB caddy Linux fails to read the driver, as per the log entries
> below.
>
> Can anyone suggest how I can get access to the drive please. There is nothing
> physically wrong with the drive and Windows did boot fine when it was in the
> PC.
>
> Gary
>
> [root@gary ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.312224] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device
> number 2 using ehci_hcd
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428157] usb 2-2: New USB device found,
> idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428167] usb 2-2: New USB device strings:
> Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428174] usb 2-2: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI
> Bridge
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428180] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: JMicron
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428185] usb 2-2: SerialNumber:
> 152D203380B6
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device
> 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2"
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 2 was not an MTP device
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.518265] Initializing USB Mass Storage
> driver...
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.519174] scsi5 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.519308] usbcore: registered new interface
> driver usb-storage
> Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.519310] USB Mass Storage support
> registered.
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.521592] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access
> PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.523606] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic
> sg2 type 0
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.531087] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed,
> assume Write Enabled
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.532161] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache
> data failed
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.532173] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.535760] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed,
> assume Write Enabled
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.536776] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache
> data failed
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.536783] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.536788] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI
> disk
> Aug 14 11:25:22 gary ata_id[1968]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdb':
> Invalid argument
> ^C
> [root@gary ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb
> fdisk: unable to read /dev/sdb: Invalid argument
> [root@gary ~]#

Hi Gary,

Did a quick google search and found this util:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/udisks2.html

Seems to have solved a similar problem for folks using gentoo.
HTH.

Phil
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