On Friday 09 July 2004 10:32pm, Xander Hsia wrote: > Anybody else got one of these and notice it takes a really long time > from the time you issue a mount command and the device is actually > mounted?
(Sorry for the delayed reply.) Yes. I've had this happen on a 2.4.22 kernel (Slackware 9.1) in the past. I cannot reproduce it at the moment though. It mounted immediately both times I tried it. It's never been completely predictable as to when/if the delayed (a couple of minutes?) mount happens. I believe I've seen it occur on multiple (diverse) PCs, but my notes are sketchy and my memory is even sketchier. I've never been able to put my finger on it. For a while, when it happened, I thought it was hanging up entirely, but I learned to just "wait it out". By the way, it's 'Cruzer Mini', not 'Mini Cruzer' -- mine is model SDCZ2-256 (256 MB). It was formatted (by me) for 2 partitions -- 'FAT16' and 'Linux'. It may be a coincidence, but I don't recall having problems with it until after I re-partitioned it from the initial configuration (1 big FAT16 partition, I think). The Cruzer Mini mounted immediately on my Toshiba Satellite 2100CDT laptop, which has just been re-installed with Slackware 10.0. I tried it with the 2.4.26 kernel and the 2.6.7 kernel -- no problems with either (except that 2.6.7 wants an explicit '-t vfat' to mount the FAT16 partition, unlike 2.4.26, which is happy with 'auto' in '/etc/fstab'). Maybe the device is just buggy, as hinted at earlier by Alan Stern. Either way, I'd like to know more about why it sometimes happens and sometimes doesn't. If I see this happen again, I'll try to pin this down -- i.e. When does it happen? On what hardware? Only if Cruzer Mini is plugged in after booting? (etc). But for now, at least you know you're not the only one seeing this problem with the Sandisk Cruzer Mini. Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to try. Bill Marr ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
