[NTLUG:Discuss] USB drive

[Fred]

I powered off the drive/adapter while still attached to the USB port,
then powered on and read dmesg. I kept reading dmesg for the next
almost ten minutes and got this:

usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: new device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0702
usb 4-4: new device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
usb 4-4: Product: USB TO IDE
usb 4-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 23
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: MAXTOR S  Model: TM3160215A        Rev: 0811
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 sda:<6>usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00050000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00050000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
usb 4-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 23
sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00050000
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
 unable to read partition table
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
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So, I guess that tells me in black and white that my feeble attempt to
partition the drive failed miserably. Unless the adapter board is the
problem, which I doubt because I got my old Win95 1.6GB disk down
and installed it in the same adapter and it worked fine. So... 

As I see it, I have to use FAT32 for compatibility. WinXP won't do more
than 32MB of FAT32 so I have to use Linux. Why did qtparted not work?
It said it did. When I did a df, I saw a clean 149GB of FAT32 reported.
So what is going on with this drive? I used a quick format program
fat32format.exe with XP while the drive was on the IDE bus. What
am I missing??

Fred