[CentOS] USB flash drive stopped working properly....

[Mark Hull-Richter]

It happened again - the directory comes up as blank, and the icon for
the flash drive won't unmount.

Here's what I get in /var/log/messages:

Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: usb 1-8: new high speed USB device
using address 15
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel:   Vendor: SanDisk   Model: U3 Titanium
Rev: 2.18
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 4013713 512-byte hdwr
sectors (2055 MB)
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write
through
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 4013713 512-byte hdwr
sectors (2055 MB)
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write
through
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel:  sdb: unknown partition table
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at
scsi13, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 26 12:43:46 localhost scsi.agent[10634]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/host13/target13:0:0/13
:0:0:0
Feb 26 12:43:47 localhost fstab-sync[10710]: added mount point
/media/MHRTITAN for /dev/sdb

It seems that the partition table is not being recognized....

It mounts fine on my Windows XP under VMWare on the same machine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Ralph Angenendt
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 3:31 AM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] USB flash drive stopped working properly....
> 
> Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> > Is there some time limit on how long a USB flash drive will work in
> > CentOS or is this a bug or ? ? ?
> 
> Actual error messages (dmesg or /var/log/messages) really would be
> better for identifying the problem then telling us who made the stick
:)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ralph