usb memory stick

[Sean Sieger]

Alex Marten <alex.marten at gmail.com> writes:

   The first step would to run "dmesg" in a terminal after you just plug
   it in and check to see if it is even being recognized by the system. 
   Maybe you could post that info.

   On 9/16/05, Sean Sieger <sean.sieger at gmail.com> wrote:
   > When I plug my memory stick into my machine, it does
   > not show up on my desktop. I don't know enough about
   > drives to know where to start. I've tried apropos
   > without luck. Can I reformat it? Or, make it new again? :)

Thank you, Alex; recognized, right?

usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: LEXAR     Model: JUMPDRIVE PRO     Rev: 1000
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
usb-storage: device scan complete
SCSI device sda: 2030592 512-byte hdwr sectors (1040 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 2030592 512-byte hdwr sectors (1040 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: unknown partition table
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00 
sda : sense not available. 
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00 
sda : sense not available. 
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0
 unable to read partition table
usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: LEXAR     Model: JUMPDRIVE PRO     Rev: 1000
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sda: 2030592 512-byte hdwr sectors (1040 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 2030592 512-byte hdwr sectors (1040 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: unknown partition table
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
-- 
Sean Sieger