Error message "READ CAPACITY failed" with USB Floppy Disk Drive
Issue
Customer finds /var/log/messages flooded with these error messages:
Dec 4 06:54:33 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
Dec 4 06:54:33 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Dec 4 06:54:33 mlystpb01 kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Dec 4 06:54:33 mlystpb01 kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
Dec 4 06:54:33 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb: Write Protect is on
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: unable to read partition table
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
Dec 4 06:54:34 mlystpb01 kernel: sdb: Write Protect is on
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 5
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