Or see if there's a filesystem at /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdb1, i.e. using the whole disc instead of using partitioning.
This would be unusual for a large drive, but I've seen USB flash drives in both configurations. I think partitioning is nearly always done to hard drives, but not floppies. It might be worth a try. - Larry Fenske -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Stern Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 08:05 To: David Weinehall Cc: Andrew Morton; USB development list Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Fw: mass-storage problems with Archos AV500 On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:47:36 +0100 > From: David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Linux-Kernel Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: mass-storage problems with Archos AV500 > > > I've got an Archos AV500 here (running the very latest firmware), pretty > much acting as a doorstop, since I cannot get it to be recognized > properly by Linux. > > This device has two modes, and one usb-id for each: > > Windows device mode: > 0e79:1129 > > mass storage mode: > 0e79:1128 > > I didn't really expect any luck with the former (and didn't have any > either), but I was kind of hoping that the latter would be supported. > Not so. > > Relevant info from dmesg: > > [ 112.904000] usb 5-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and > address 4 > [ 113.036000] usb 5-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > [ 113.124000] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual > [ 113.140000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > [ 113.140000] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > [ 113.140000] usb-storage: device found at 4 > [ 113.140000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > [ 113.140000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage > [ 113.140000] USB Mass Storage support registered. > [ 118.140000] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Archos AV500 > 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 > [ 118.140000] SCSI device sdb: 58074975 512-byte hdwr sectors (29734 > MB) > [ 118.144000] sdb: Write Protect is off > [ 118.144000] sdb: Mode Sense: 33 00 00 00 > [ 118.144000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through > [ 118.144000] SCSI device sdb: 58074975 512-byte hdwr sectors (29734 > MB) > [ 118.144000] sdb: Write Protect is off > [ 118.144000] sdb: Mode Sense: 33 00 00 00 > [ 118.144000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through > [ 118.144000] sdb: unknown partition table > [ 118.452000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb > [ 118.452000] usb-storage: device scan complete > > This is with linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic 2.6.19-7.10 from Ubuntu edgy. > I get similar results with a home-brew 2.6.18-rc4. > > Any mass storage quirk needed that might be missing? No. According to your log there is nothing wrong with the device, and Linux did recognize it properly. It just needs a new partition table. Run fdisk on it. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
