On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
>
> Ok, do dmesg and /proc/partitions agree that there is a partition
> there? If not, then the problem is that the kernel is not recognizing
No...
> your partition table. I would suggest:
>
> <insert the key>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
> <remove then re-insert the key>
> fdisk /dev/sdb
> <create single partition, type 'b'>
> mkfs.vfat -n MYKEY -F 32 /dev/sda1
>
Done it. All well, apparently. But then I remove the key and insert it
again. No joy. (See dmesg). I remove it and insert it again. It works,
this time. This is just totally unreliable. I guess I'll boot from
KNOPPIX, to see whether it may be a kernel problem...
(...)
usb-storage: -- transfer complete
usb-storage: Bulk status result = 0
usb-storage: Bulk Status S 0x53425355 T 0x2a R 0 Stat 0x0
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x0
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi4, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: queuecommand called
usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
usb-storage: Bad target number (1:0)
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x40000
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
usb-storage: queuecommand called
usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
usb-storage: Bad target number (2:0)
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x40000
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
usb-storage: queuecommand called
usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
usb-storage: Bad target number (3:0)
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x40000
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
usb-storage: queuecommand called
usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
usb-storage: Bad target number (4:0)
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x40000
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
usb-storage: queuecommand called
usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
usb-storage: Bad target number (5:0)
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x40000
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
usb-storage: queuecommand called
usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
usb-storage: Bad target number (6:0)
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x40000
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
usb-storage: queuecommand called
usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
usb-storage: Bad target number (7:0)
usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x40000
usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
usb-storage: device scan complete
ieee1394: Current remote IRM is not 1394a-2000 compliant, resetting...
ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023
ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0050770e00071002]
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices
ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
ieee1394: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
Vendor: Maxtor 6 Model: L250R0 Rev:
Type: Direct-Access-RBC ANSI SCSI revision: 04
SCSI device sdb: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB)
sdb: asking for cache data failed
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdb: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB)
sdb: asking for cache data failed
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jorge
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