Comment 1 for bug 1035018

The message
ata_id[821]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument
shows also when I boot from external disk with
- another notebook: Asus A6Tc
- a different disk: WD Passport
- a different LinuxMint 12 Lisa
So it is an old problem not yet solved.
Based on https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/27060 I did on LinuxMint 12:
cat /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules
and attached this file
The relevant lines of the file seem to be the 3 lines after
# Run ata_id on non-removable USB Mass Storage (SATA/PATA disks in enclosures)
I think ata_id must be patched but I am not an expert.