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by **toalain** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:28 am

Dear friend,
Thank you for your work!
I have attached a usb drive fat32 (inside the external box, it is a sata drive). Using usbdrive, I see only with the command "drives" letters E and more considered as "occupied" and in FAT12! And I have aboslutely no access to the drive. Moreover, I see that USBDRIVE is for SCSI drives connected with usb box. So what about sata disks in external boxes? thanks!

by **Bret** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:37 am

Post the output from the following:

USBHOSTS
USBDEVIC
USBUHCIL /Descr
USBDRIVE /S
USBDRIVE /D
USBDRIVE /I
USBDRIVE /C
USBDRIVE /B
USBDRIVE /F
USBDRIVE /Q:#, where # is the INT 13h disk number for the USB drive (can be discovered with the /S option).

by **toalain** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:16 am

Hello,
Thanks for reply. I had the FAT12 information with the "drives" command. For the rest,
I assume that I don't use properly the programs you provide.
Could you suggest a simple way to do things for someone who wants to attach an exernal usb drive and use it?
I would like to participate and give that information in french on another website - if you allow me to do so.
Friendly, to.

by **Bret** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:29 am

How much of the documentation have you read? It's explained in there, and trying to create a "simple" explanation for what to do is very difficult, because there are so many variables that can screw up a simple explanation so that it doesn't work.

However, the "simple" explanation is that you should only need to install USBUHCIL, and then install USBDRIVE. I suspect in your case (with only the few details that you gave me) that your computer has more than one Host Controller, and your disk is not plugged into Host Controller Index 0 (which is the one USBUHCIl installs by default). You may need to use the /Index:# option with USBUHCIL. That's why I wanted you to post the output of USBHOSTS -- that will tell you (and me) how many Host Controllers you have.

Also, DRIVES displays the status of the drives from the point of view of DOS, and DOS will show all USB drives as FAT12 until you actually try to access them for some reason.

Please post the output of the programs as described above to help the troubleshooting process.

by **toalain** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:48 am

Dear Bret,Thank you for your reply. Honestly I admit that I certainly didn't read enough to get the point. That's why I don't want to bother you, I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't understand what I'm reading ; it is not because of you, but because of me I guess. I'm gonna try to carry on reading your excellent doc info. I must admit that my english as you can see is not the best. Thank you for all the informations already given me, and positive or negative, I'll come back to tell you the result of my tests. And again when it works with the request to be able to give to french websites information about what you're doing, but only with your accord. To.

by **toalain** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:27 am

Hi,
Here enclosed reports. I tried what you told me, and I was not successful. Maybe I don't undertand well. Thanks for any help, To.

Code: Select all: USBHOSTS 0.06, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. PCI BUS ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ BASE USB DRIVER I B D F BASE PHYSICAL ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ HOST d u v n USB IRQ I/O MEMORY HST BW TYPE x s c c VENDR PROD VER NUM ADDR ADDRESS IDX STATUS USED ÍÍÍÍ Í ÍÍÍ ÍÍ Í ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍ UHCI 0 0 26 0 8086h 2834h 1.0 5 1800h ±±±±±±±±±± 0 Running 0% Intel Corp UHCI 1 0 26 1 8086h 2835h 1.0 11 1820h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp UHCI 2 0 29 0 8086h 2830h 1.0 10 1840h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp UHCI 3 0 29 1 8086h 2831h 1.0 10 1860h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp UHCI 4 0 29 2 8086h 2832h 1.0 7 1880h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp ÍÍÍÍ Í ÍÍÍ ÍÍ Í ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍ EHCI 0 0 26 7 8086h 283Ah 2.0 7 ±±±±± FC20_4000h ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp EHCI 1 0 29 7 8086h 2836h 2.0 10 ±±±±± FC20_4400h ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp ------------------------ DRIVES 0.01, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. Shows details about all available disk drives in DOS. ATTRIBS ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ A D N N S C PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES r e e P J U DRIVE C ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ i t t h O B DEVICE DRVR PARAMETER E NUM BYTES v H w y I S ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ BLOCK S FAT ROOT PER NUM APPROX e d k s N T ADDRESS UNT ADDRESS d TYPE ENTRY SECT SECTORS CAPACITY Í ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Í ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ A . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ B . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ C . . Y . . 0070:005E 2 00CA:13C0 . FAT32 0 512 004E3240h 2623 MB D . . Y . . 0070:005E 3 00CA:13FD Y FAT32 0 512 03A962F0h 31452 MB E . . Y . . 152D:0130 0 152D:425E . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB F . . Y . . 152D:0130 1 152D:431E . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB G . . Y . . 152D:0130 2 152D:43DE . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB H . . Y . . 152D:0130 3 152D:449E . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB I . . Y . . 152D:0130 4 152D:455E . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB J . . Y . . 152D:0130 5 152D:461E . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB K . . Y . . 152D:0130 6 152D:46DE . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB L . . Y . . 152D:0130 7 152D:479E . FAT12 2 32 00000006h 0 kB M . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ N . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ O . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ P . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ Q . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ R . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ S . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ T . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ U . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ V . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ W . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ X . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ Y . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ Z . . . . . ......... ... 0000:0000 . ..... ..... ..... ......... ........ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USBDRIVE 0.16, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. DOS Driver for up to 8 SCSI-compatible USB Mass Storage Devices. Beep for Bad Disk Drives: Yes BAD (INCOMPATIBLE) DISK DRIVES ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ SCSI REQUEST HOST DVC INTF STAGE ERROR ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ INDX ADDR NUM NUM CODE REQ STP DAT STS CSW RESIDUE KEY INFO ASC/Q ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄ #ÄÄ# #ÄÄ# None #ÄÄÄ# #ÄÄÄ# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USBDRIVE 0.16, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. DOS Driver for up to 8 SCSI-compatible USB Mass Storage Devices. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USBDRIVE 0.16, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. DOS Driver for up to 8 SCSI-compatible USB Mass Storage Devices. D r INT i 13h Partition Byte v Dsk ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Boot Per Total Approx e Num Sector Idx Type Sector Sect Sectors Capacity ÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Unused DOS Drive Letters: E:-L: Resident USBDRIVE has been updated with new information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USBDRIVE 0.16, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. DOS Driver for up to 8 SCSI-compatible USB Mass Storage Devices. 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Buff 0050 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0060 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0070 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0080 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0090 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 00A0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 00B0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 00C0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 00D0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 00E0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 00F0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0100 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0110 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0120 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0130 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0140 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0150 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0160 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0170 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0180 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 0190 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 01A0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 01B0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 01C0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 01D0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 01E0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff 01F0 53 65 63 74 6F 72 20 44-61 74 61 20 42 75 66 66 Sector Data Buff Resident USBDRIVE has been updated with new information. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USBDRIVE 0.16, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. DOS Driver for up to 8 SCSI-compatible USB Mass Storage Devices. INQUIRY RESPONSES FROM COMPATIBLE SCSI DISKS ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ DSK ANSI DATA NUM VENDOR PRODUCT REV VERSION FORMAT ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄ ### ### No compatible SCSI Disks Found # ###### ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USBDRIVE 0.16, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. DOS Driver for up to 8 SCSI-compatible USB Mass Storage Devices. Initialization Delay: 0 seconds DOS Version: 7.10 Max Bytes per Sector: 512 Mount FAT32 Volumes: Yes Max Sectors per Xfer: 1 USB INFO DISK/LUN DOS DRIVE ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ I R W D n H A I INT m r r d o d n L 13h v P Sect Byte i e s d t U Dsk M r Num Num Per Per Total Approx v Approx x t r f N Num d t Head Cyl Cyl Sect Sectors Capacity e Capacity ÄÄ ÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄ Ä ÄÄÄ Ä Ä ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Unused USB Dvc/Intf Indexes: 0-3 Unused INT 13h Disk Numbers: 81h-88h Unused DOS Drive Letters: E:-L: Resident USBDRIVE has been updated with new information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USBUHCIL 0.09, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. DOS Driver for a Universal HCI compatible USB Host Controller. LITE version (maximum 16 Devices, no Isochronous Transactions). No Devices have been attached yet. There are no Descriptors available to view. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USBHOSTS 0.06, (C) 2007-2009, Bret E. Johnson. PCI BUS ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ BASE USB DRIVER I B D F BASE PHYSICAL ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ HOST d u v n USB IRQ I/O MEMORY HST BW TYPE x s c c VENDR PROD VER NUM ADDR ADDRESS IDX STATUS USED ÍÍÍÍ Í ÍÍÍ ÍÍ Í ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍ UHCI 0 0 26 0 8086h 2834h 1.0 5 1800h ±±±±±±±±±± 0 Running 0% Intel Corp UHCI 1 0 26 1 8086h 2835h 1.0 11 1820h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp UHCI 2 0 29 0 8086h 2830h 1.0 10 1840h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp UHCI 3 0 29 1 8086h 2831h 1.0 10 1860h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp UHCI 4 0 29 2 8086h 2832h 1.0 7 1880h ±±±±±±±±±± ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp ÍÍÍÍ Í ÍÍÍ ÍÍ Í ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍ EHCI 0 0 26 7 8086h 283Ah 2.0 7 ±±±±± FC20_4000h ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp EHCI 1 0 29 7 8086h 2836h 2.0 10 ±±±±± FC20_4400h ±±± ±±±±±±±±±± ±±±± Intel Corp

THANK YOU!!!!!

by **Bret** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:47 am

As I suspected, you have more than one UHCI host controller -- you have five of them. That means you should have as many as ten available USB ports on the computer, since each UHCI host controller can have at most two ports. Some of the ports may be on the front of the computer, some may be on the back, some may be inside where you can't get to them, and some may not even really exist at all.

You're going to need to figure out which ports go with which host controller, since if you want to use more than one host controller you need to install more than one instance of USBUHCIL. You can install USBUHCIl just as you have done, which installs USBUHCIL for the first host controller (Index 0). Then, try plugging the disk in to different ports and see if it starts working.

Or, you can leave the disk plugged in where it is, and install USBUHCIL for the different host controllers until you figure out which one is the right one. Do something like this:

USBUHCIL /Index:1
USBDRIVE

Wait a few seconds, and see if the disk starts working (you can try a "USBDEVIC" to see if the disk is there, or try a "DIR E:"). If the disk doesn't show up:

USBDRIVE /Uninstall
USBUHCIL /Index:1 /Uninstall
USBUHCIL /Index:2
USBDRIVE

Wait a few seconds, try it again. If that doesn't work:

USBDRIVE /Uninstall
USBUHCIL /Index:2 /Uninstall
USBUHCIL /Index:3
USBDRIVE

Wait a few seconds, try it again. If that doesn't work:

USBDRIVE /Uninstall
USBUHCIL /Index:3 /Uninstall
USBUHCIL /Index:4
USBDRIVE

by **toalain** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:41 pm

Hi,
Thanks for advice
Nothing you suggests works.
I think it could be that I have 4 usb ports and all of them could be EHCI. Sounds correct, no?
Now opening the laptop seems pretty difficult. I could try anyway. Do you know if usually it's possible to find on the motherboard a connector usb that could be uhci, that i could test with a sort of bracket? I did that with a "tower" pc,nevr with a laptop.
Thanks for your help anyway.
I thought too that if I buy a pcmcia card with usb ports (including UHCI) it could work, no?
Thanks again. To.

by **Bret** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm

You don't need to try and open up the laptop. We can do it all with software.

The USB ports are both EHCI and UHCI at the same time (difficult concept, I know, but nonetheless true). Try disabling the EHCI controllers and do the same tests as before. The EHCI controllers are set up in the BIOS and are probably still trying to control the disks even though they don't know what to do with them:

USBHOSTS StopEHCI 0 StopEHCI 1

Then do what you did before.

by **toalain** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:16 am

Dear Bret,
Thanks for help.
Here also details that can help others.
I had problems with IRQs. For example, UHCI 2 host was with IRQ 10, same as EHCI 1. So when I wanted to "index" UHCI 2, it said that there was a IRQ problem. Impossible to activate it.
So I stopped EHCI, but the problem remained. Why? I realized that UHCI 3 was using also IRQ 10. What did I do? I activated UHCI index 3, and then uninstall it (yes!). Then I activated UHCI 0, 1, and 2 (UHCI 2 was THE good channel). Then I stopped EHCI 0 and 1. Then I waited 10 seconds, try dir e: and... miracle!
So the IRQ issue seems to be something...
I'm not sure to understand everything very well, but at least it works.
THanks for all, still at your disposal. To

by **Bret** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:12 am

I've had similar problems on some of my computers. I sometimes need to start or stop a particular controller before I can use one of the other ones, even if they don't use the same IRQ. On my laptop, for instance, I must start Index 0 before I start Index 1 or Index 1 won't work. It shouldn't be that way, but it is on some computers.

Glad you found a solution.

by **toalain** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:20 pm

Thank you so much. I've seen other ways on internet to use usb drives, such as panasonic's, but as you said in your intro, not practical at all. Now what is going to happen if I use programs in dos mode like Ghost (version 11)? Ghost for example had already the ability on dos mode to identify external usb drives.
You said also that one day you'll do EHCI drivers, I hope you will.
thanks again for all of that. Do you give permission to let others know about what you've done?

by **Bret** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:33 pm

toalain wrote:Now what is going to happen if I use programs in dos mode like Ghost (version 11)?

I've never used Ghost, so I can't say for sure. But, my programs make the disk appear to be a regular hard drive, so Ghost should work with them. The only thing is, access will be slow until an EHCI driver is developed, so Ghost may work better (faster) with its own internal drivers (assuming they support EHCI).

toalain wrote:Do you give permission to let others know about what you've done?

Of course. I would love the word to get spread.

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