My reader sometimes flakes out, too. I have to unload all USB Modules then reload them back.
BTW, have you tried sdb1, sdc1, sdd1, etc? You got SEVEN places to plug things in (since it's a 7-in-1 card) and they're usually not all on sda1. -Mark On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Henry House wrote: > I've acquired a USB-2.0 seven-in-one flash card reader-writer. Remarkably, > the scanty accompanying manual clains that the device is supported by Linux > =>2.4.0. Unfortunately I cannot get it to work. With kernel 2.4.24 running on > the Linux box and a smartmedia wafer in the drive, I get this result when > trying to read a partition table from the flash card: > > # fdisk -l /dev/sda > sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: > Current 00:00: sns = 70 2 > ASC=3a ASCQ= 0 > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > sda : READ CAPACITY failed. > sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 > Current sd00:00: sns = 70 2 > ASC=3a ASCQ= 0 > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. > sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > unable to read partition table > Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. > sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: > Current 00:00: sns = 70 2 > ASC=3a ASCQ= 0 > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > sda : READ CAPACITY failed. > sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 > Current sd00:00: sns = 70 2 > ASC=3a ASCQ= 0 > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 > sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. > sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > unable to read partition table > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. > > The power LED on the drive is on at a steadt green; the access LED is off > (and never flickered). The card in the drive is known to be non-defective and > has a filesystem. > > I have the following modules loaded (obvioiusly irrelevant mods ommitted): > > sg 23972 0 (unused) > vfat 9116 0 (autoclean) > fat 28888 0 (autoclean) [vfat] > sd_mod 9948 0 > usb-storage 112064 0 > scsi_mod 52476 3 [sg sd_mod usb-storage] > usb-ohci 15712 0 (unused) > usbcore 60576 0 [usb-storage usb-ohci] > af_packet 11528 0 (unused) > rtc 5948 0 (autoclean) > > The USB interface is recognized according to dmesg. > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > -- > Henry House > The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. > See <http://hajhouse.org/pgp> for information. My OpenPGP key: > <http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>. > > -- Mark K. Kim AIM: markus kimius Homepage: http://www.cbreak.org/ Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/vindaci Friendster: http://www.friendster.com/user.jsp?id=13046 PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE PGP key available on the homepage _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
