Description of problem: Can no longer mount zip drive once kernel-2.4.20-13.8 was installed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Boot the system into Kernel 2.4.20-13.8 and zip drive stops working. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kernel 2.4.20-13.8 2. Reboot system using kernel 2.4.20-13.8 3. try to mount zip drive Actual results: Mounting fails. Expected results: Mounting should happen. Additional info:
fstab info: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0 DMESG Info: ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use PS/2 ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using PS/2 scsi0 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: J.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 scsi: device set offline - not ready or command retry failed after bus reset: host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 SCSI device sda: 196608 512-byte hdwr sectors (101 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 unable to read partition table Error when mounting: mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device
Seems to be the same cause as in bug #91001.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91381 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.