My hard disk does not work on Ubuntu 13.04 probably due to this bug. It worked fine on Ubuntu 12.10, and also works fine on a Windows 7 machine. I really need a workaround for this issue because I use Ubuntu everyday.
Here is dmesg log: [17570.344528] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci [17570.437866] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=6116 [17570.437873] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2 [17570.437877] usb 1-1.2: Product: USB 2.0 SATA BRIDGE [17570.437880] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Super Top [17570.437882] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: M6116018VF16 [17570.438452] scsi13 : usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0 [17571.435109] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access SAMSUNG HM321HI PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [17571.436009] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [17571.436556] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB) [17571.437191] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [17571.437200] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [17571.438563] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [17571.438572] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [17571.441056] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [17571.441061] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [17571.811215] sdb: sdb1 [17571.813636] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [17571.813640] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [17571.813643] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk [17579.587207] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci -----------------------------------------------------(after disconnecting)----------------------------------------------------------------------- [17606.644883] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 10 [17606.648136] scsi 13:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [17606.648140] scsi 13:0:0:0: [sdb] killing request [17606.648148] scsi 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code [17606.648162] scsi 13:0:0:0: [sdb] [17606.648167] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [17606.648171] scsi 13:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: [17606.648175] Read(10): 28 00 25 42 d6 af 00 00 08 00 [17606.648190] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 625137327 [17606.648194] quiet_error: 531 callbacks suppressed [17606.648197] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568632 [17606.648201] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568633 [17606.648204] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568634 [17606.648207] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568635 [17606.648258] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568632 [17606.648266] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568633 [17606.648270] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568634 [17606.648273] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 312568635 [17606.648305] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 0 [17606.648306] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1 [17620.969267] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64 [17620.985227] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: setting latency timer to 64 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161985 Title: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libatasmart/+bug/1161985/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs