On Sun, 6 Feb 2005, Jason Grant wrote: > Thanks Alan, > > I've attached the log messages that result when I insert the USB flash > drive with debugging turned on in the kernel. Although I'm struggling > to interpret the output, the following line doesn't look promising: > > ... Not Ready: Medium not present > > To me, it suggests that your original idea about absent partitions may > be valid, however fdisk doesn't work for me as indicated earlier. > > Any ideas about more things to try for diagnosis or partitioning?
You're right that the message isn't promising. Strictly speaking, it means that the storage medium (which for a flash device would be its flash-memory chip) isn't present! I think you'd be justified in concluding that the device is broken. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
