USB-Sticks unusable

Hello Guys,
i've got the following problem with my Dockstar:
I own 2 8GB usb sticks and trying to read from them I get the following errors in syslog:

Quote

[...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 5
[...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 5

causing the executed command to exit with an IO-Error and the device to disappear until "replug".
It makes no difference whether I mount the partition or just dd to /dev/null. Curiously, I can mount and read small files without a problem, but it fails for bigger files. This problem exists both in Pogoplug-OS and Debian with current Heavy-Kernel from this board.
I'm a bit pissed off because I just ordered the second stick, a OCZ Rally2, because I thought it was a problem with the first stick and due to the OCZ's reputation in a german board and here (No, the recommendations don't piss me off, just the probably wasted money ;) ). And a bit desperate because my googling only brought up several things which do not help or are not accessible. For example a autosuspend parameter of the internal usb hub, which does not exist.

Maybe someone out here has got some ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Additional info:
The log in my first post refered to the old no-name stick, this one refers to the new OCZ Rally2 and is the result of plugging it in and "dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/dev/null":

Nov 16 23:29:41 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 6
Nov 16 23:29:41 [...] kernel: scsi3 : usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0
Nov 16 23:29:43 [...] kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     OCZ      RALLY2           0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 16 23:29:43 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 15523840 512-byte logical blocks: (7.94 GB/7.40 GiB)
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Nov 16 23:29:44 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 16 23:30:14 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 6
Nov 16 23:30:19 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:19 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:20 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 6
Nov 16 23:30:20 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:20 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:20 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 6
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device not accepting address 6, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 6
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device not accepting address 6, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 17 1e 00 00 f0 00
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 5918
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: quiet_error: 38 callbacks suppressed
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 732
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 733
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 734
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 735
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 736
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 737
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 738
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 739
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 740
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 741
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, address 6
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 18 0e 00 00 10 00
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 6158
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 18 1e 00 00 f0 00
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 6174
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 7
Nov 16 23:30:21 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:22 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:22 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 8
Nov 16 23:30:22 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:22 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:22 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 9
Nov 16 23:30:23 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device not accepting address 9, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:23 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 10
Nov 16 23:30:23 [...] kernel: usb 1-1.3: device not accepting address 10, error -32
Nov 16 23:30:23 [...] kernel: hub 1-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3

And both stick work without problems at my notebook running Windows.

Nobody? I wonder how nobody else is experiencing this problem, having this bad luck with a 2/3 failure rate :D

RM2k Wrote:
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> Nobody? I wonder how nobody else is experiencing
> this problem, having this bad luck with a 2/3
> failure rate :D

Probably because the answer may exist in the other thread, stickied to the top, titled "Working USB Sticks". http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,1915

I'd put a few pennies down saying you probably just have a pair of improperly formatted thumbdrives. I go into detail about this here: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,1915,2604#msg-2604

I would guess these errors stem from trying to use USB1.1 sticks. The Dockstar has only one true USB2.0 port and that has a 4-port USB2.0 hub plugged into it to give 4x USB ports. When a USB1.1 device is attached the kernel gets confused by the USB2 hub and tries to communicate with it at 480mbits which is far too fast.

A quick bit of googling turned up this post.

-PG

rat Wrote:
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> I'd put a few pennies down saying you probably
> just have a pair of improperly formatted
> thumbdrives. I go into detail about this here:
> http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,1915,2604#msg-2
> 604

Thank you, I'll try reformating it again. But as far as I remember I already tried HPFU and things like "whole disk format" via linux without a positive result. I see you tested a OCZ Rally2 with 4GB, I experience the problems with the 8GB version I just bought for my dockstar. Maybe they changed something, how old is yours? Anyway, I'll try again when I'm home again today
:)

@petergunn
Thank you. Dunno, but I think the quite fast (and recently bought) OCZ Rally2 should be a real 2.0 device since it can reach read speeds up to 30MB/s ;)

Okay, this is getting really strange:
It works, but just for the moment I format it with HPFU (FAT32) and plug it into the dockstar for the first time.
As soon as I unmount and remount or just disconnect and remount I get errors (see below) and have to reformat it with HPFU. Same result for my old noname stick and my new OCZ Rally2 8GB.

Noname:

usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 7
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 7
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 7
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 7, error -110
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 7
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 7, error -110
sd 3:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 7
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled error code
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 ce cf 00 00 f0 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 52943
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled error code
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 cf bf 00 00 10 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 53183
FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 2566)
...
FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 2566)
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 8
FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 2566)
...
FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr 2566)
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 9
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 10
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 10, error -110
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 11

OCZ:

scsi4 : usb-storage 1-1.4:1.0
scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     OCZ      RALLY2           0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] 15523840 512-byte logical blocks: (7.94 GB/7.40 GiB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sde: sde1
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 12
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 12
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 12
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 12, error -32
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 12
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 12, error -32
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Unhandled error code
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 81 c7 00 00 f0 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 33223
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 12
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Unhandled error code
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 82 b7 00 00 10 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 33463
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Unhandled error code
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 82 c7 00 00 f0 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 33479
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 13
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 14
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 15
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 15, error -32
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 16
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 16, error -32
hub 1-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 4

RM2k Wrote:
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> Thank you, I'll try reformating it again. But as
> far as I remember I already tried HPFU and things
> like "whole disk format" via linux without a
> positive result. I see you tested a OCZ Rally2
> with 4GB, I experience the problems with the 8GB
> version I just bought for my dockstar. Maybe they
> changed something, how old is yours? Anyway, I'll
> try again when I'm home again today
> :)

Hrmm, strange. My 4GB Rally was purchased about 2 months ago on sale at Microcenter. From what I understand, the 4GB and 8GB versions are identical, save for the 8GB model having an extra 4GB flash chip soldered to the other side of the board.


> @petergunn
> Thank you. Dunno, but I think the quite fast (and
> recently bought) OCZ Rally2 should be a real 2.0
> device since it can reach read speeds up to 30MB/s
> ;)

Yeah. However, you also have to consider that the Rally2 is a dual channel USB device. I wonder if this is part of why you are having issues. The Patriot Rage was a quadchannel USB thumbdrive and the most unreliable piece of crap I've had the misfortune of using, but that's Patriot in general.

[137260.045918] usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 6
[137260.163004] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=1307, idProduct=0165
[137260.170020] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[137260.177481] usb 1-1.4: Product: USB Mass Storage Device
[137260.182814] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: USBest Technology
[137260.188073] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: 00000000001C31
[137260.194953] usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[137260.204738] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[137260.216724] usb-storage: device found at 6
[137260.216735] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[137265.216043] usb-storage: device scan complete
[137265.216836] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access OCZ RALLY2 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[137265.230429] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 7892040 512-byte logical blocks: (4.04 GB/3.76 GiB)
[137265.254666] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[137265.259625] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[137265.259635] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[137265.270394] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[137265.276653] sdc:
[137265.661662] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[137265.667916] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk


Want to give me the exact command sequence you're using when you plug in the sticks into your dockstar to see if I can duplicate the error messages? Should be worth a try since I have the same model thumbdrive here. For now, however, seems to be working.

FYI: All the tests I did with thumbdrives was with my Netbook, I wasn't aware of the hub nature of the Dockstar. I imagine it's probably similar with the Netbook though, being a cheaper product.

RM2k Wrote:
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> @petergunn
> Thank you. Dunno, but I think the quite fast (and
> recently bought) OCZ Rally2 should be a real 2.0
> device since it can reach read speeds up to 30MB/s
> ;)

Then, for my second guess... the following might help...

echo 20 >/sys/module/scsi_mod/parameters/inq_timeout

alternatively append the following to the kernel boot option:

scsi_mod.inq_timeout=20

-PG

Okay,

1. Format with HPFU: FAT32
2. Plug into freshly restarted dockstar.

usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 4
scsi1 : usb-storage 1-1.4:1.0
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     OCZ      RALLY2           0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 15523840 512-byte logical blocks: (7.94 GB/7.40 GiB)
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb: sdb1
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

3. Mount to /media/8gb (already existing), download a testfile, md5sum it

mount /dev/sdb1 /media/8gb
cd /media/8gb/
wget http://a23.g.akamai.net/7/23/2740/0002/download.macromedia.com/pub/dreamweaver/esd/Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
md5sum Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe

20ecfb3a30fe26df53fe9fc3ae288f9f  Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe

4. Everything okay so far. Now dismount, mount again and md5sum

cd ..
umount 8gb
mount /dev/sdb1 /media/8gb
cd 8gb/
md5sum Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe

md5sum: Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe: Input/output error

usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 10
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 10
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 10
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 10, error -32
usb 1-1.4: reset high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 10
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 10, error -32
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 80 47 00 00 80 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 32839
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 10
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 80 47 00 00 08 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 32839
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 11
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 12
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 13
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 13, error -32
usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 14
usb 1-1.4: device not accepting address 14, error -32
hub 1-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 4

Annotation:
Trying to write down these steps, after a failed try I wasn't even able to just mount the OCZ and got reset there or when plugging in.

echo 200 >  /sys/module/scsi_mod/parameters/inq_timeout

seems to help a bit, in terms of getting the error later as described above.
I tried 200 because 20 was already the set value.
The testfile is just some random stuff I found googling for a direct download via akamai since their servers a quite fast here.

Giving it a try exactly (or as close as possible) as you did:

[239042.055924] usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 13
[239042.173130] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1307, idProduct=0165
[239042.180141] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[239042.187600] usb 1-1.3: Product: USB Mass Storage Device
[239042.192934] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: USBest Technology
[239042.198193] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 00000000001C31
[239042.205123] usb 1-1.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[239042.215139] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[239042.234094] usb-storage: device found at 13
[239042.234105] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[239047.226016] usb-storage: device scan complete
[239047.226711] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     OCZ      RALLY2           0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[239047.240304] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 7892040 512-byte logical blocks: (4.04 GB/3.76 GiB)
[239047.264917] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[239047.269880] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[239047.269891] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239047.280644] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239047.286896]  sdc:
[239047.672287] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239047.678548] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
rat@redstone:~$

It's plugged in...

rat@redstone:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/4gb
[sudo] password for rat:
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
rat@redstone:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/4gb
mount: mount point /media/4gb does not exist
rat@redstone:~$ cd /media
rat@redstone:/media$ mkdir 4gb
rat@redstone:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/4gb
rat@redstone:/media$

I don't know how you got as far as you did since I can't seem to duplicate even the mounting step without specifying filesystem type.

rat@redstone:/media$ cd /media/4gb
rat@redstone:/media/4gb$ ls
rat@redstone:/media/4gb$ ls -la
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 31  1969 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 16 20:08 ..
rat@redstone:/media/4gb$

Funny on the date but otherwise fine. Grabbing Dreamweaver patch...

rat@redstone:/media/4gb$ sudo wget http://a23.g.akamai.net/7/23/2740/0002/download.macromedia.com/pub/dreamweaver/esd/Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
--2010-12-16 20:12:21--  http://a23.g.akamai.net/7/23/2740/0002/download.macromedia.com/pub/dreamweaver/esd/Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
Resolving a23.g.akamai.net... 72.246.43.73, 72.246.43.58
Connecting to a23.g.akamai.net|72.246.43.73|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 25363980 (24M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe'

100%[====================================================================================================>] 25,363,980   148K/s   in 85s

2010-12-16 20:13:46 (291 KB/s) - `Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe' saved [25363980/25363980]

rat@redstone:/media/4gb$ md5sum Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
20ecfb3a30fe26df53fe9fc3ae288f9f  Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
rat@redstone:/media/4gb$

MD5 matches yours.

rat@redstone:/media/4gb$ cd ..
rat@redstone:/media$ umount 4gb
umount: /media/4gb is not in the fstab (and you are not root)
rat@redstone:/media$ sudo umount 4gb
rat@redstone:/media$

rat@redstone:/media$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/4gb
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
rat@redstone:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/4gb
mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist

Interesting.

I pull it out and plug the thumbdrive back in...

[239996.661784] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[239996.668129] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
rat@redstone:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/4gb
mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist
rat@redstone:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /media/4gb
rat@redstone:/media$ cd 4gb
rat@redstone:/media/4gb$ ls
Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
rat@redstone:/media/4gb$ md5sum Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
20ecfb3a30fe26df53fe9fc3ae288f9f  Dreamweaver4TBYB.exe
rat@redstone:/media/4gb$

Frickin' odd how I couldn't remount /dev/sdc1, but remounting still got me the same MD5sum.

I'm still wondering how you were able to mount it without specifying the filesystem type.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2010 08:22PM by rat.