USB stick partition problems

[Kevin Cozens]

bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> On 3/18/06, *Kevin Cozens* <kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org 
>     Which model of PNY stick are you using? I have a couple of 512Meg
>     Attache and
>     I am unable to change it to a Linux formatted device. It just throws
>     up lots
>     of device errors. The FAQ at the PNY web site says the device can
>     not be
>     partitioned.
[snip]
> That *is* odd... I have the Attache 1GB model, and as I mentioned, I 
> partitioned it fine at first, then deleted the partitions and 
> re-formatted in windows (bad), but now thanks to Lennart's advice, I was 
> able to create partitions again that work in Linux (using cfdisk). The 
> device errors sound a little scary. What are the messages?

It is starting to look like the device doesn't work with a machine that only 
supports USB 1.0 from what I am seeing. My machine has a problem with it but 
another machine I have access to which uses a Pentium 4 seems to have little 
problem with it.

The messages I get from the device when I try and use it in Linux are:

Mar  1 14:53:31 pc kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
Mar  1 14:53:34 pc scsi.agent[2919]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0
Mar  1 14:53:38 pc fstab-sync[2968]: added mount point /media/USB1 for /dev/sdb1
Mar  1 14:53:39 pc kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses
genfs_contexts
Mar  1 14:58:41 pc kernel: usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd
and address 4
Mar  1 14:58:44 pc kernel: usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Mar  1 14:59:00 pc kernel: usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Mar  1 14:59:00 pc kernel: usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd
and address 4
Mar  1 14:59:03 pc kernel: usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Mar  1 14:59:18 pc kernel: usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Mar  1 14:59:18 pc kernel: usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd
and address 4
Mar  1 14:59:29 pc kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 4, error -110
Mar  1 14:59:29 pc kernel: usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd
and address 4
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: usb 1-1: device not accepting address 4, error -110
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 4
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after
error recovery
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10000
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 272
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 30
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to device being removed
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 31
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 33
Mar  1 14:59:39 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 34
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 35
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 36
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 37
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 38
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 39
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to device being removed
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10000
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 512
Mar  1 14:59:40 pc kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to device being removed


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