Hello, I have a "generic" USB key drive (Wisher Enterprise), which is being correctly detected and mounted by my system (RH 8, kernel 2.4.20-20.8). A lsmod shows usb-storage loaded as a module, and the device appears as /dev/sda1.
If I power the machine up with the Key Drive in the USB port, I can make successful read/write/delete transactions. When I dismount the drive, it seems to take 8-12 seconds to dismount. However, if I either mount the drive after power up, or remount the drive after it has been dismounted, I can read files successfully, but no *changes* are committed to the drive. For instance - I can delete a file, append text to another file, and create a directory on /mnt/usbkey (which is my mount point). Subsequent ls /mnt/usbkey shows these changes (and I can see the same in Nautilus). So all seems well. If I then try and dismount the drive, sometimes it does it successfully, sometimes it says that something is still accessing /mnt/usbkey (which I can't find). When I remount the drive none of the changes have been committed, leaving the data intact. Much as this secret "write protect" function might be useful, it's a real irritation. Unfortunately the same drive performs faultlessly on WinXP/2k.A dmesg brings nothing useful. Any thoughts on a next step - or am I better off throwing my key out and buying into one with a known pedigree. Regards Nick ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
