This is from /var/log/messages if it will be of any help:
Starting when USB hard drive was attached:
Dec 11 15:21:37 lan-2 kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using address 2
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 hald[2207]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 286. Rebasing to 287
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 kernel: Vendor: Maxtor 6 Model: Y120P0 Rev: YAR4
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Dec 11 15:21:38 lan-2 scsi.agent[3275]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.2/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: SCSI device sda: 240121729 512-byte hdwr sectors (122942 MB)
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: sda:Current sda: sense key No Sense
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 >
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 fstab-sync[3371]: added mount point /media/NEW_VOLUME for /dev/sda1
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 fstab-sync[3375]: added mount point /media/NEW_VOLUME1 for /dev/sda2
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 fstab-sync[3388]: added mount point /media/New_Volume for /dev/sda5
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: NTFS driver 2.1.20 [Flags: R/W MODULE].
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: NTFS volume version 3.1.
Dec 11 15:21:39 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): load_system_files(): Volume is dirty. Mounting read-only. Run chkdsk and mount in Windows.
Dec 11 15:23:52 lan-2 kernel: application mplayer uses obsolete OSS audio interface
Starting when large file was trying to be copied on /media/NEW_VOLUME2
Dec 11 15:27:07 lan-2 kernel: usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using address 2
Dec 11 15:28:22 lan-2 kernel: usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using address 2
Dec 11 15:29:36 lan-2 kernel: usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using address 2
Dec 11 15:30:50 lan-2 kernel: usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using address 2
After this, the copying hangs. There is also no chance to reboot the machine. When USB hard disk was unpluged this messages were written:
Dec 11 15:31:36 lan-2 gconfd (root-3113): Exiting
Dec 11 15:31:36 lan-2 shutdown: shutting down for system reboot
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x50000
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 61477617
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45057
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45058
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45059
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45060
Dec 11 15:32:02 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45061
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45062
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 fstab-sync[3582]: removed mount point /media/New_Volume for /dev/sda5
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45063
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45064
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45065
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 45066
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 last message repeated 3 times
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 last message repeated 456 times
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: FAT: bread(block 52) in fat_access failed
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to device being removed
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291504.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291505.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291506.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291507.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291508.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291509.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to device being removed
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291504.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291505.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291506.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291507.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291508.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(): Buffer I/O error, logical block 6291509.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): map_mft_record_page(): Failed with error code 5.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): map_mft_record(): Failed with error code 5.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 gdm(pam_unix)[2647]: session closed for user root
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: NTFS-fs error (device sda5): ntfs_write_inode(): Failed (error code 5): Marking inode as bad. You should run chkdsk.
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 fstab-sync[3729]: removed mount point /media/NEW_VOLUME1 for /dev/sda2
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to device being removed
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 last message repeated 2 times
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead device
Dec 11 15:32:03 lan-2 kernel: FAT: unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 480259)
Dec 11 15:32:04 lan-2 fstab-sync[3777]: removed mount point /media/NEW_VOLUME for /dev/sda1
After this the system rebooted.
Any ideas?
ENjoY!
Davor.
