Spokeman, You might be able to use something like TestDisk for recovery. I have recovered a couple "non-functional" flash drives with it.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk Plus it's Open Source GPL software! Cheers! John spokeman wrote: > Robert et al. > > I apologize for not responding sooner - it appears the card itself > died. I wasn't expecting this, as I use the card daily, and have for a > couple of years. It just went away - no warning. I've only ever lost > one other - I believe to static. Don't know about this one. > > Tried Robert's sequence - nada. I can get another card to mount in the > card reader, so I'm thinking this is the card, not the reader(s). > > Fdisk was slightly more helpful - at least it found something. > Although, I expect the best results I can get at this point are to > format the disk. It might still be useable, but I'm not sure, and once > it has died and been resurrected, hmmmm - trustworthy value at that > point? Idk. > > > Terminal session results follow. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~fdisk~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 8192. > There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, > and could in certain setups cause problems with: > 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) > 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs > (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdc: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes > 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8192 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x000e2e87 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > Command (m for help): v > 16777215 unallocated sectors > > > > `````````````````dmesg and mount````````````````````````````````` > hi...@hiero1:/usr/lib/mc/mc-4.6.2$ dmesg > [137318.452977] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 16777216 512-byte hardware sectors: > (8.58 GB/8.00 GiB) > [137318.455005] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > [137318.455012] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 06 00 00 > [137318.455016] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > [137318.459438] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 16777216 512-byte hardware sectors: > (8.58 GB/8.00 GiB) > [137318.460960] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > [137318.460967] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 06 00 00 > [137318.460971] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > [137318.460981] sdc: > [137318.536963] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777088 > [137318.536972] __ratelimit: 32 callbacks suppressed > [137318.536977] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097136 > [137318.538958] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777088 > [137318.538969] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097136 > [137318.541180] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.541189] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097150 > [137318.542945] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.542956] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097150 > [137318.545010] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.545021] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097151 > [137318.561925] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.561936] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097151 > [137318.563908] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777088 > [137318.563913] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097136 > [137318.566918] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.566926] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097151 > [137318.568919] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.568927] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097150 > [137318.570907] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.570911] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2097151 > [137318.572917] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.574905] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.576920] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.578906] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777152 > [137318.580920] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.582904] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.584914] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.586903] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.588915] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.596910] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.604910] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.612907] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.620906] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.628906] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777152 > [137318.636903] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.644901] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.652926] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.742887] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777088 > [137318.744892] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777088 > [137318.746878] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.748895] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.750879] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.761886] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.763875] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.765885] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.767874] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.769882] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.771874] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.773883] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777152 > [137318.775872] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777200 > [137318.777880] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > [137318.779873] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 16777208 > hi...@hiero1:/usr/lib/mc/mc-4.6.2$ blkid /dev/sdc > hi...@hiero1:/usr/lib/mc/mc-4.6.2$ pmount /dev/sdc > The program 'pmount' is currently not installed. You can install it > by typing: > sudo apt-get install pmount > bash: pmount: command not found > hi...@hiero1:/usr/lib/mc/mc-4.6.2$ sudo mount /dev/sdc > mount: can't find /dev/sdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab > > =============original message================================ > > On Jul 20, 10:48 pm, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:58 PM,spokeman<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've tried 3 card readers of varying ages. One works on Fedora, the >>> other two work on Win 2K and Winxp. None work on Ubuntu in a fresh >>> install. Manually attempting to mount gets: >>> >>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, >>> missing codepage or helper program, or other error >>> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try >>> dmesg | tail or so >>> >>> Help? >>> >> Here's what I did with my card reader under Ubuntu 9.04: >> >> 1) clear out dmesg cache >> $ sudo dmesg -c > /dev/null >> >> 2) insert card into card reader and plug card reader into USB >> >> 3) display dmesg >> $ dmesg >> [ 331.409324] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address >> 10 >> [ 331.615009] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice >> [ 331.615360] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices >> [ 331.615857] usb-storage: device found at 10 >> [ 331.615862] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning >> [ 336.618641] usb-storage: device scan complete >> [ 336.622598] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Sony USB HS-CF >> Card 3.95 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 >> [ 336.626480] scsi 9:0:0:1: Direct-Access Sony USB HS-xD/SM >> 3.95 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 >> [ 336.630362] scsi 9:0:0:2: Direct-Access Sony USB HS-MS >> Card 3.95 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 >> [ 336.633914] scsi 9:0:0:3: Direct-Access Sony USB HS-SD >> Card 3.95 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 >> [ 336.642098] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk >> [ 336.642249] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 >> [ 336.647299] sd 9:0:0:1: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk >> [ 336.647423] sd 9:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 >> [ 337.705332] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] 1951744 512-byte hardware sectors: >> (999 MB/953 MiB) >> [ 337.715931] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] Write Protect is off >> [ 337.715939] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] Mode Sense: 87 00 00 00 >> [ 337.715944] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through >> [ 337.727772] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] 1951744 512-byte hardware sectors: >> (999 MB/953 MiB) >> [ 337.738685] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] Write Protect is off >> [ 337.738694] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] Mode Sense: 87 00 00 00 >> [ 337.738700] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through >> [ 337.738715] sde: sde1 >> [ 337.742125] sd 9:0:0:2: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk >> [ 337.742271] sd 9:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 >> [ 337.796458] sd 9:0:0:3: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk >> [ 337.796622] sd 9:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 >> >> $ blkid /dev/sde1 >> /dev/sde1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="CAMERA" UUID="0000-0000" TYPE="vfat" >> >> $ pmount /dev/sde1 >> Error: device /dev/sde1 is not removable >> >> While the pmount did not work (that's odd), I was able to click on >> Places > Removable Media > Camera to mount my MemoryStick card. >> >> What happens when you try the above commands? >> >> Regards, >> - Robert >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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