> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 03:04:09AM +0100, Johannes Liedtke wrote: > > > My problem was that I formatted the stick using W2K. > > > If I use "mkfs.msdos /dev/sda1", everything's fine. I can now use it > > > with windoze and linux boxes w/o any problems, no files vanish. > > > > I was wrong... it worked, while I was testing it with a few files (about > > 20MB total). But when I put more files on it (53 files with a total of > > ~190MB) and unmount it, unplug it, replug it, wait for the affirmative > > beep, unplug it, then all files are gone, together with the filesystem - > > well, I guess the fs got corrupted somehow. <snip> > > What does actually happen when I plug the stick in? > > How can that kill the fs? > > Can I do sth about it? <snip>
On Monday 09 February 2004 04:10, Matthew Dharm wrote: > I've seen this sort of thing before. Generally, it's the firmware of the > MP3 player deciding that part (or all) of the filesystem is screwed and > dumping the data it thinks is bogus. > > It's not really a usb-storage problem. It's a filesystem problem. To > date, I know of nobody who has figured out why the MP3 player thinks > anything is wrong. Thanks Matt, this sounds as if it's not likely that an upgrade of my linux box would change anything, right? I guess I'll just return the stick then and try another one... to bad, the price was just to good to be true. =) Johannes -- Powered by SuSE 8.1pro - KDE 3.0.3 - KMail 1.4.3 At least, try asking smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" - Anon ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
