Stefan Ebner [2009-08-25 11:24 -0000]:
> a) sudo skdump /dev/sdb ejects the harddrive and tells me: Failed to open disk /dev/sdb: Invalid argument
Hm, it seems you have a very different problem than other people, the
symtoms are so much different. Can you please open a new bug against
libatasmart and provide the output of
Stefan Ebner [2009-08-25 11:24 -0000]:
> a) sudo skdump /dev/sdb ejects the harddrive and tells me: Failed to open disk /dev/sdb: Invalid argument
Hm, it seems you have a very different problem than other people, the
symtoms are so much different. Can you please open a new bug against
libatasmart and provide the output of
sudo strace -vv -s 1024 -o /tmp/trace skdump /dev/sdb
after a clean plug in of the drive?
> b) sudo skdump jmicron:/dev/sdb ejects the harddrive and tells me:
> Failed to open disk jmicron:/dev/sdb: No such device
You have to do that after unplugging/ replugging the drive, to undo the
effect of the first command's eject.
Can other people who experience this bug please do these commands as
well on current Karmic?
Thanks, Martin