From: NoEMail@home.org   
      
   The problem I am about to describe characterizes my experience   
   with Slack 15.0 and simply breaks my heart. I have been using   
   Slackware since the early '90s when Soft Landing Systems shut   
   down. All along I have waited for a "stable" system to settle   
   down before updating. I have several systems, most are still   
   running 14.2, but this, my main computer is running 15.0   
   with all components and patches up-to-date.   
      
   My current problem with 15.0 is that it does not allow me   
   to mount a 14TB drive that I wrote using 14.2 Slackware.   
   Here is the dmesg info:   
      
   [   54.872534] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected   
   [   54.872688] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1:1.0   
   [   55.880582] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     WD       easystore 264D   3012   
   PQ: 0 ANSI: 6   
   [   55.880905] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ   
   CAPACITY(16).   
   [   55.881055] scsi 6:0:0:1: Enclosure         WD       SES Device       3012   
   PQ: 0 ANSI: 6   
   [   55.881175] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 27344764928 512-byte logical blocks: (14.0   
   TB/12.7 TiB)   
   [   55.881177] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 4096-byte physical blocks   
   [   55.882679] ses 6:0:0:1: Attached Enclosure device   
   [   55.882940] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off   
   [   55.882942] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 47 00 10 08   
   [   55.883203] ses 6:0:0:1: Wrong diagnostic page; asked for 1 got 8   
   [   55.883204] ses 6:0:0:1: Failed to get diagnostic page 0x1   
   [   55.883205] ses 6:0:0:1: Failed to bind enclosure -19   
   [   55.883519] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found   
   [   55.883521] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through   
   [   55.891224]  sdd: sdd1   
   [   55.892144] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk   
   [   59.986857] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 18   
      
   Here is the 14.2 dmesg:   
   [6467175.354305] usb 6-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 100 using xhci_hcd   
   [6467175.366825] usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, idProduct=264d   
   [6467175.366829] usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3,   
   SerialNumber=1   
   [6467175.366831] usb 6-2: Product: easystore 264D   
   [6467175.366833] usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Western Digital   
   [6467175.366835] usb 6-2: SerialNumber: 59354A3144505543   
   [6467175.368662] usb-storage 6-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected   
   [6467175.368816] scsi host34: usb-storage 6-2:1.0   
   [6467176.398183] scsi 34:0:0:0: Direct-Access     WD       easystore 264D     
   3012 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6   
   [6467176.399076] scsi 34:0:0:1: Enclosure         WD       SES Device         
   3012 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6   
   [6467176.400903] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Spinning up disk...   
   [6467176.402176] ses 34:0:0:1: Attached Enclosure device   
   [6467176.402711] ses 34:0:0:1: Wrong diagnostic page; asked for 1 got 8   
   [6467176.402712] ses 34:0:0:1: Failed to get diagnostic page 0x1   
   [6467176.402712] ses 34:0:0:1: Failed to bind enclosure -19   
   [6467177.421725] .   
   [6467178.445739] .   
   [6467179.469746] .   
   [6467180.493724] .   
   [6467181.517733] .   
   [6467182.541736] .   
   [6467183.565714] .   
   [6467184.589736] .   
   [6467185.613740] .   
   [6467186.637741] .   
   [6467187.661742] .   
   [6467188.685742] .   
   [6467189.709740] .   
   [6467190.733736] .   
   [6467191.757732] .   
   [6467192.781713] .   
   [6467192.781821] ready   
   [6467192.781956] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Very big device. Trying to use READ   
   CAPACITY(16).   
   [6467192.782085] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] 27344764928 512-byte logical blocks: (14.0   
   TB/12.7 TiB)   
   [6467192.782087] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] 4096-byte physical blocks   
   [6467192.782589] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off   
   [6467192.782592] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 47 00 10 08   
   [6467192.783115] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] No Caching mode page found   
   [6467192.783117] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Assuming drive cache: write through   
   [6467192.783481] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Very big device. Trying to use READ   
   CAPACITY(16).   
   [6467192.868788]  sdg: sdg1   
   [6467192.869365] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Very big device. Trying to use READ   
   CAPACITY(16).   
   [6467192.870510] sd 34:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk   
      
      
      
   As you can see, 14.2 is able to recover from whatever problem "Failed to bind   
   enclosure -19"   
   is. The 14.2 system is a real workhorse with several petabytes of drives.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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