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Could not mount USB drive on Solaris 10 x86 system

800808Jun 6 2012 — edited Jun 13 2012
Hi All,

I am having difficulty mounting a USB drive on Solaris 10 x86 system with the following different unsuccessful attempts:
# uname -a
SunOS venus 5.10 Generic_139556-08 i86pc i386 i86pc
# rmformat
Looking for devices...
     1. Volmgt Node: /vol/dev/aliases/cdrom0
        Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@4/ide@0/sd@0,0
        Connected Device: TEAC     DV-28E-V         1.AC
        Device Type: DVD Reader
     2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci108e,534b@2,1/storage@9/disk@0,0
        Connected Device: WD       My Book 1140     1007
        Device Type: Removable
     3. Volmgt Node: /vol/dev/aliases/rmdisk0
        Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci108e,534b@2,1/storage@9/disk@0,0
        Connected Device: WD       My Book 1140     1007
        Device Type: Removable

# svcs volfs
STATE  STIME    FMRI
online Apr_13   svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default# ls -lt /mnt
total 0
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0:c /mnt
mount: I/O error
# mount -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0:c /mnt
mount: Block device required
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0s2:c /mnt 
mount: I/O error
# mount -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2:c /mnt
mount: Block device required

# fsck /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0: I/O error
# fsck /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0: I/O error
# fsck /dev/dsk/c4t0d0s2 
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2: I/O error
# fsck /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2: I/O error
Second try,
# svcadm disable volfs
# svcs volfs          
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       20:47:00 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0:c /mnt 
mount: I/O error
Last try,
# mkdir /rmdisk
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/rmdisk"; File exists
# ls -lt /rmdisk
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# cd /rmdisk
# ls -lt
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# ls -lt unnamed_rmdisk
total 0
# ls -lt rmdisk0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
# df -h
Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0      5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /
/devices                 0K     0K     0K     0%    /devices
ctfs                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/contract
proc                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /proc
mnttab                   0K     0K     0K     0%    /etc/mnttab
swap                   5.9G   984K   5.9G     1%    /etc/svc/volatile
objfs                    0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/object
sharefs                  0K     0K     0K     0%    /etc/dfs/sharetab
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap2.so.1
                       5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /lib/libc.so.1
fd                       0K     0K     0K     0%    /dev/fd
swap                   5.9G   148K   5.9G     1%    /tmp
swap                   5.9G    32K   5.9G     1%    /var/run
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7      129G   1.7G   126G     2%    /export/home

# /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
# svcs volfs             
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       21:02:31 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# pwd
/rmdisk
# cd /
# ls -lt /rmdisk
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# /etc/init.d/volmgt st   
# svcs volfs
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       21:02:31 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# /etc/init.d/volmgt start
volume management starting.
# svcs volfs              
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         21:04:44 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# svcs volfs
# mount | grep rmdisk 
# pwd
/
# ls -lt /rmdisk
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# ls -lt /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdisk
total 0
# iostat -En    
c0t0d0           Soft Errors: 3 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0 
Vendor: TEAC     Product: DV-28E-V         Revision: 1.AC Serial No:  
Size: 0.00GB <0 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0 
Illegal Request: 3 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0 
c1t0d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0 
Vendor: HITACHI  Product: HUS1514SBSUN146G Revision: SA04 Serial No: 0921B2Y3PC 
Size: 146.81GB <146810535936 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0 
Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0 
c1t1d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0 
Vendor: HITACHI  Product: HUS1514SBSUN146G Revision: SA04 Serial No: 0921B2Z5NC 
Size: 146.81GB <146810535936 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0 
Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0 
c4t0d0           Soft Errors: 21 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0 
Vendor: WD       Product: My Book 1140     Revision: 1007 Serial No:  
Size: 2000.37GB <2000365289472 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0 
Illegal Request: 21 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0 
#
This is a working production system with 2 146.81GB mirrored hard disks. There is no disk error for either local or external 2TB Western Digital USB disks that works on Windows 7 or XP.

Any idea on what else to look for?

Thanks in advance,

Jack

Edited by: 797805 on 6/06/2012 04:48
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