rejecting I/O to dead device

[sabot105mm]

this message Is written over and over in the logs. I have 1 USB hd connected but isn't turned on.
kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Could someone shed some light

 

[ryzhov_al]

this message Is written over and over in the logs. I have 1 USB hd connected but isn't turned on.
kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Could someone shed some light

Look like USB-SATA controller in HDD box hangs up or USB-disk consumes too much power. If this messages will appear in syslog over and over, please consider:

• to use external power supply for USB-HDD box or…
• to replace USB-HDD with another one.