On Thursday 28 August 2003 06:10pm, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
> Hi ALL,
>
> Just bought a SanDisk CRUZER Mini 256MB USB 'pen' drive for $50
>
> It locks both my SuSE 8.2 systems HARD! But works OK on W98se
>
> Both SuSE sys have kernel KSMP-2.4.20-100.i586
>
> Both locked up after some dasd activety (probably Hotplug). X locked, I
> could not telnet into the locked sys and the onkly recourse was the Big Red
> Switch; Thank you Reiserfs!!!
>
> Does anyone out there have experiance with this device?
I have the same exact SanDisk 'Cruzer Mini' device (Model SDCZ2-256) and have
had very good luck with it in Slackware Linux (8.1 and 9.0). The normal
'usb-storage' module works fine and I can successfully mount the device as
'/dev/sda1'.
I have even re-partitioned this device (for simultaneous FAT16 and Linux ext2
partitions) with good luck.
However, when I boot from a Knoppix CD (version 3.2, for x86 hardware), the
KDE desktop startup hangs my machine _hard_ about mid-way through if the
SanDisk 'Cruzer Mini' drive is installed when booting. If I leave the Cruzer
Mini out, Knoppix boots normally and a 'cat /proc/bus/usb/devices' (after
installing the Cruzer Mini, of course) properly shows the device, with the
'usb-storage' module properly registered to it. However, I get other
inexplicable effects like a process lockup (not the whole machine, just the
process) if I try to 'fdisk -l /dev/sda'. If I instead mount one of the
partitions first ('mount /dev/sda1 /cruzer'), that same 'fdisk' command
succeeds (!). Bizarre.... Either way, as long as the Cruzer Mini is inserted
_after_ booting Knoppix, I can successfully mount its partitions.
Assuming your machine is locking up when you have the Cruzer Mini installed
prior to boot, I'd suggest leaving it out until the machine boots.
In short, I think the Cruzer Mini is a workable device, but there seem to be a
few glitches, depending upon factors that I have not pinned down (operating
system??? USB protocol/chipset??? others???).
FWIW, I have had somewhat better luck with my 128MB Apacer 'HandyDrive' USB
flash drive (using USB 1.1, not the newer ones which use USB 2.x) although I
cannot explain exactly why. I intend to eventually try a bunch more tests on
several machines, using Slackware and Knoppix, using both the Apacer
HandyDrive and the SanDisk Cruzer Mini.
HTH....
Bill Marr
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