I am having trouble with a USB stick (a Verbatim store'n'go, 4 GB). It seems
there is a timing problem. On insertion there are complaints that there is no
medium present when attempting to discover the size of the device. It goes on
to retry but eventually bails out.
However sometimes (only
On Friday 31 August 2007, Peter Schuller wrote:
I am having trouble with a USB stick (a Verbatim store'n'go, 4 GB).
It seems there is a timing problem. On insertion there are
complaints that there is no medium present when attempting to
discover the size of the device. It goes on to retry but
cat /dev/null /dev/da0
That should retaste the device.
Thanks!
For the archives, I also discovered that the issue can be worked around by
physically timing the insertion of the stick. If you insert it just enough
that it gets powered up (presumably initializing) but not enough for it to
