On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 19:18 -0500, H. S. wrote: > Apparently, _Ron Johnson_, on 29/12/04 19:05,typed: > > On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 18:40 -0500, H. S. wrote: > > > >>I have this Kingston Data Traveller 256MB USB stick that I am trying out > >>on my Linux boxes and am facing some problem. The stick worked properly > >>in WinXP and showed no errors. > >> > >>I have used other sticks (Lexar) and digital cameras and CF card readers > >>without any problem on Debian Sid and Debian Sarge. But this Kingston > >>flash usb stick gives these error messages in /var/log/syslog when I > >>plug it in. Any suggestions? > >>#---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>/USR/SBIN/CRON[17264]: (root) CMD ( run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) > >>kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 4 > >>kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > >>kernel: Vendor: Kingston Model: DataTraveler 2.0 Rev: 4.10 > >>kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > >>kernel: SCSI device sda: 503808 512-byte hdwr sectors (258 MB) > > > > [snip] > > > >>kernel: XFS: bad magic number > >>kernel: XFS: SB validate failed > > > > > > Hardware problem? > > > > That is what I am suspecting. Any way to verify if the device is really > corrupted or some sectors are just bad?
Yes, you could try formatting it with ext2, for example, to see what happens. "mkfs -c" would help with that. > And, er, why would windows be happy with it? Less error checking? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, teach him to fish, he gets mad at you for making him have to work so hard."
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