Hi Guys!
I have a strange problem with my flash card reader when dd'ing NanoBSD
images onto a CF card. It works for some time (3-4 writes of images),
then I start getting scsi error messages and dd hangs. I have to
disconnect/re-connect the reader to be able to write to CF again, but
sometimes even this trick doesn't work.
One day it stopped working for me and since I had a deadline to meet,
went to local shop and bought another one (different model and brand).
It worked fine for few write iterations and then it developed the same
problem. When I decided (out of desperation) to try the old one again,
it worked. So, I ended up using the two and swapping between it when
either of the units stopped working.
First thing I though that it might be the size of the image (2 or 4GB)
that I was writing with dd and it was heating up the electronics, but
yesterday a friend of mine stumbled upon the same problem and when his
flash reader (different brand and model to mine) stopped working, he
unplugged it from the FreeBSD box, plugged it in into his Linux laptop
and it worked without a problem. In his view it laid to rest my theory
about components heating too much as he did it without giving it a
minute of rest.
I vaguely recall there were problems with USB support in stable some
time ago, but I thought it was all fixed and searching the list and
the Internet doesn't give me anything.
Both of us were using 7-stable. I can email model of the card readers
later (not home at the moment).
Basically, I have two questions:
1) is it something that well known and not model related
2) is there a well known reliable model of card reader I can buy. I
don't mind the price if the device is rock solid.
Any pointers/ideas are greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Alex.
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