Hello Robin, It should be fixed again by re-insering the kernel module (or rebooting): modprobe ehci_hcd
Then plug the drive back in. No data should have been lost, unless you were writing to it while you removed the ehci_hcd module. There are a few things you could try, here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=218599&sid=73be386f7f4007004695b527e968cdcc#p218599 But it's very similar to what I just described. -Mark C. On 5/6/09, Richard Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Thanks for the tip. I did what you suggest but now the flash drive won't > mount! > I'm glad there was nothing on that I needed to keep. > > Robin > > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/6/09, Richard Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > I have 2 USB flash drives with details below: > > > > > > redcube:~# df -Th > > > Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > > /dev/hda1 ext3 142G 46G 89G 34% / > > > tmpfs tmpfs 976M 0 976M 0% /lib/init/rw > > > udev tmpfs 10M 100K 10M 1% /dev > > > tmpfs tmpfs 976M 0 976M 0% /dev/shm > > > /dev/hdc iso9660 3.1G 3.1G 0 100% /media/cdrom0 > > > /dev/sda1 vfat 7.7G 8.0K 7.7G 1% /media/PATRIOT > > > /dev/sdb1 vfat 16G 461M 16G 3% /media/USB DISK > > > > > > Under kubuntu 9.04 both PATRIOT and USB DISK are mounted as read/write > so > > > I am able to copy files to and from either one. But under debian 5.0 > only > > > PATRIOT is mounted as read/write while USB DISK is mounted as write only > so > > > I am unable to copy file to USB DISK. > > > > > > I suspect this has something to do with /etc/fstab on the system running > > > debian but I don't know what I should do so that both flash drives > always > > > mount as read/write on that system. > > > > > > I realize that this is somewhat related to an earlier thread. I'm sorry > but > > > I'm a slow learner. > > > > > > Robin > > > > Give this a try: > > - Remove the flash drives > > - Run this as root: > > modprobe -r ehci_hcd > > - Plug the flash drives back in > > > > If it works now, then you may have be experiencing a bug related to > > the USB 2.0 driver (and your hardware) in Debian. > > > > -Mark C. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines > (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
