hi,

running sl 6.1, fully patched.

I have a sharkoon drivelink ide/sata usb adaptor
(http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/drivelink-usb20) and when I
plug in a 3TB wd drive I see this:

Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found,
idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338
Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
Product=2, SerialNumber=5
Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge
Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: JMicron
Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 000001D91CA1
Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: scsi12 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access     WDC WD30
EZRX-00MMMB0          PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device.
Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] 5860533168 512-byte
logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB)
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache:
write through
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device.
Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache:
write through
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sdb:
Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 9
Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Result:
hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0

The adaptor shows as

Bus 002 Device 009: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron
USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge

in lsusb

Is it possible to use 3TB in SL ? I routinely use external drives,
although this is my first 3TB one and was not expecting problems to be
honest (just spoilt, I guess, everything just works most of the time).

I really look forward to your suggestions. Right now I just have a
linux laptop to test with, so I will have to wait until monday to give
a try in a Windows pc at work.
--
Groeten,
natxo