Public bug reported: This usb flash drive http://www.imation.com/products/flash_devices/usb_flash_pivot.html (should be linux kernel 2.4 compatible) has problems when inserted while the system is already booted. Here's a snippet from dmesg and an attempt to fdisk:
[ 3884.266857] usb 5-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 [ 3884.429333] usb 5-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 3884.429646] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 3884.429931] usb-storage: device found at 7 [ 3884.429935] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 3889.422682] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 3889.423552] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Imation USB Flash Drive 2.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 3897.098013] not responding... [ 3898.896136] sda : READ CAPACITY failed. [ 3898.896138] sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 [ 3898.896144] sd: Current: sense key: Unit Attention [ 3898.896150] Additional sense: Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed [ 3899.424629] sda: Write Protect is off [ 3899.424636] sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 3899.424641] sda: assuming drive cache: write through [ 3899.424725] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda [ 3899.424784] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda Unable to read /dev/sda The system is the last Feisty, I tried this on a PC and on a Dell d420 notebook Linux it 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux. When I insert the stick before the system is booted, it's working well. ** Affects: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- usb flash drive loads only at boot time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103236 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs