Am Wed, 1 Apr 2015 09:59:04 -0400 (EDT) schrieb Alan Stern <[email protected]>:
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2015, Marc Joliet wrote: > > > > If it supports a USB keyboard, it might still go through and initialize > > > all the USB devices. > > > > Hah! I should have thought of that. Well, I tried the following: unplug > > the > > drive before booting, plug it in once GRUB loads, and then boot the kernel. > > That's a good idea. > > > And guess what, *then* the drive works fine! I guess that *does* make it > > sound > > like the problem is due to interaction with the BIOS, combined with the > > weird > > block size translation. It seems as if the latter is done only once on > > device > > initialisation (though I'm curious: how can one determine whether it is > > necessary, that is, how can a USB drive detect whether it can advertise its > > true block size or not?). > > I have no idea. Well, thanks anyway for helping me debug this so that I now (sort of) know what's going on. Greetings -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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