Kingston DataTraveler 16GB IO Error

[peppers]

Hi,

I've just bought a Kingston 16GB DataTraveler 100 flash drive. Every time I try to copy files with more than 100mb I get an IO error and the drive is umounted.

The flash drive is formated in FAT32, but I tried to format with gparted in FAT32, EXT3, RAISERFS, but I keep getting the same error.

The worst thing is that is working great on windows.
I've tried in 5 diferents PCS, some Ubuntu and some Slackware, with no sucess.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and uname -a gives me:

Linux dkt-dti-009 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[RichardLinx]

Hmmm, that's pretty weird. Are you able to copy files larger then 100MB to normal USB flash devices? Was the device unsafely removed? I had a similar problem with a friends 1TB external harddrive once because It was unplugged without safely removing first. Judging by the fact It hasn't worked on 5 Linux computers though I'm going to guess that for whatever reason the drive just isn't compatible with Linux. What file system is your OS using?

EDIT: Just read a few reviews, It seems It is compatible with Linux.

[peppers]

Yes I can copy files larger than 100mb to another flash drive (also kingston, but 2gb), and every other flash drive that I use works, except this 16gb one.

I also have a 40gb HD in a USB case that also works.

My filesystem is RaiserFS.

And always savely remove!

[peppers]

Now things just get a little bit more complicated....

I tried at my laptop (also ubuntu 8.10) and everything is working...
I copied files of all sizes....
That just doesn't make any sense!!!

The only thing I think of is some of the hardware at my work's pcs is making coping large files doesn't work. Or maybe I have something instaled thats is making those erros happen... I don't know.

Can someone help me? I'm not an expert linux user, I've been using as my principal OS for a few months only.

[peppers]

Anyone??

[JvSivers]

Hate to bump this, so sorry in advance.

Same problem (mind you I'm having this problem with any file ~50MB). It's really, really stange. Prior to picking up this drive I'd been using an 8GB of the same series (and prior to that a 2GB), without any issues. I used them to move ISO's around all the time.

Also, it works great in Windows, I've tried FAT32 (formatted from Windows and GParted and NTFS). No difference. Both from the GUi and by running...

sudo cp <file> /media/<DRIVENAME>
cp: writing '/media/<DRIVENAME>/<FILE>: Input/Output Error

It hangs for a minute or two, reads, stops reading, then spits and error. One of the guys I work with told me to run dmesg, outputs:

[ 4059.490177]  sdc: sdc1
[ 4059.657371] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 4059.658039] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 4159.863491] usb 6-2: USB disconnect, address 16
[ 4161.592053] usb 6-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
[ 4161.727187] usb 6-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4161.732408] scsi14 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 4161.736780] usb-storage: device found at 17
[ 4161.736804] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 4166.736561] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 4166.737932] scsi 14:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 4166.743618] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] 31506432 512-byte hardware sectors (16131 MB)
[ 4166.744990] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 4166.745006] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[ 4166.745013] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4166.748116] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] 31506432 512-byte hardware sectors (16131 MB)
[ 4166.749361] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 4166.749373] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[ 4166.749380] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4166.750408]  sdc: sdc1
[ 4166.919707] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 4166.922138] sd 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 4206.136066] usb 6-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
[ 4221.248072] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4236.464554] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4236.680062] usb 6-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
[ 4251.792557] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4267.008117] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4267.224557] usb 6-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
[ 4277.632060] usb 6-2: device not accepting address 17, error -110
[ 4277.744064] usb 6-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
[ 4288.152056] usb 6-2: device not accepting address 17, error -110
[ 4288.152153] usb 6-2: USB disconnect, address 17
[ 4288.153286] sd 14:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 4288.153367] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[ 4288.153386] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 42735
[ 4288.159426] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[ 4288.159466] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 42975
[ 4288.164137] __ratelimit: 14440 callbacks suppressed
[ 4288.164151] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 32
[ 4288.164160] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164171] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 33
[ 4288.164177] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164185] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 34
[ 4288.164191] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164198] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 35
[ 4288.164205] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164212] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 36
[ 4288.164226] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164234] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 37
[ 4288.164240] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164247] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 38
[ 4288.164254] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164262] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 39
[ 4288.164268] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164278] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 40
[ 4288.164291] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164299] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 41
[ 4288.164305] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
[ 4288.164660] FAT: bread failed in fat_clusters_flush
[ 4288.168627] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 4288.168643] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[ 4288.168661] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense not available.
[ 4288.175084] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 4288.175101] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[ 4288.175108] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4288.175460] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 4288.175467] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[ 4288.175478] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense not available.
[ 4288.175517] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 4288.175523] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[ 4288.175529] sd 14:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4288.199638] FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 85)
[ 4288.199716] FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 32)
[ 4288.201051] FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 492291)
[ 4288.235577] FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 492291)
[ 4288.324703] usb 6-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
[ 4303.436066] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4318.652067] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4318.868055] usb 6-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 19
[ 4333.980557] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4349.196562] usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 4349.412555] usb 6-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 20

Hopefully that's not to much info there.

Input (or output, whichever) would be awesome. Thanks!

[Russell Burrows]

[ 4288.152056] usb 6-2: device not accepting address 17, error -110



I have the same problem.


Toshiba satellite laptop brand new with three gigs of ram and ubuntu 8.1 32bit.

A sandisk 4 gb memory stick works fine.

However.

Pop in a KINGSTON 8GB usb stick be it in fat32 and the same problem hits:

When trying to copy a file from the laptop to the memory stick it halts at 56.8 MB and says I/O error! and auto unmounts the usb stick.

Ahh but when sending a file from the 8gb Kinston to the laptop then everything works fine with full transfer or full copy with no problems.

So yeah its WTF time for me also.

Any ideas any one?

Hmmmmm?
Also, if this is one of the cheap taiwanise device then you might
have to tweak the modprobe params.

Where was your Kingston 16 GB usb memory stick made?

Thanks in advance for reading this.

[JvSivers]

Oh, yeah, should have mentioned it's a Sattelite with...3GB of RAM.

I'm starting to think this is a firmware issue with the stick itself...

[Russell Burrows]

Hmmmm..........



I forgot to ask if you tried usb sticks in 8 GB and 16 GB from Sandisk, Corsair, PNY, geek squad, Kodak, HP, ATP, and others to see if its just limited to Kingston memory sticks in 8 GB and 16 GB versions?

Tuesday when stores are open again I will try to see if I can find some 8 GB mem sticks from PNY or Sandisk to see if the problem is limited to Kingston?

[Boomhauer]

i use an 8gb kingston with no problems at all.