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I just bought a Memorex travelDrive 256Mb USB 2.0 flash drive to use
with my Linux boxes (6 and growing) and I cannot get it to work.
Memorex, despite Linux 2.4.x compatibility on the package and
documentation, does not have a clue (no pun intended).<br>
<br>
Here's what my message log says on my Red Hat Linux version 2.4.21-9.EL:<br>
<br>
<blockquote>Jan 13 04:39:34 mt-eolus kernel: hub.c: new USB device
00:10.3-3, assigned address 41<br>
Jan 13 04:39:34 mt-eolus kernel: usb.c: USB device not responding,
giving up (error=-71)<br>
Jan 13 04:39:34 mt-eolus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-3,
assigned address 42<br>
Jan 13 04:39:34 mt-eolus kernel: usb.c: USB device not responding,
giving up (error=-71)<br>
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Fedora Linux 2.6.9-1.724_FC3 gave me a little hope:<br>
<br>
<blockquote>Jan 13 04:42:14 sunlightpeak kernel: usb 1-3: new high
speed USB device using address 8<br>
Jan 13 04:42:18 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB
Mass Storage devices<br>
Jan 13 04:42:18 sunlightpeak kernel: Vendor: Memorex Model: TD
2C Rev: 1.00<br>
Jan 13 04:42:18 sunlightpeak kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02<br>
Jan 13 04:42:19 sunlightpeak kernel: SCSI device sda: 492544 512-byte
hdwr sectors (252 MB)<br>
Jan 13 04:42:19 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: Write Protect is off<br>
Jan 13 04:42:19 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
through<br>
Jan 13 04:42:19 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: sda1<br>
Jan 13 04:42:19 sunlightpeak kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda
at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0<br>
Jan 13 04:42:20 sunlightpeak scsi.agent[5316]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.4/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0<br>
Jan 13 04:42:25 sunlightpeak kernel: usb 1-3: control timeout on ep0in<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 8<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: qh de880100
(#0) state 1<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda : status=0, message=00,
host=7, driver=04<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda : sense not available.<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: Write Protect is off<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
through<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak last message repeated 3 times<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda : status=0, message=00,
host=0, driver=04<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda : sense not available.<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak hald[2763]: Timed out waiting for hotplug
event 381. Rebasing to 381<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: Write Protect is off<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
through<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda:<3>scsi3 (0:0):
rejecting I/O to dead device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 0<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: Write Protect is off<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write
through<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: sda:<3>scsi3 (0:0):
rejecting I/O to dead device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 0<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 0<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 262143<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 262143<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 0<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: unable to read partition table<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
Jan 13 04:44:33 sunlightpeak kernel: scsi3 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead
device<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Has anyone got one of these drives working under Linux? If what brand
and did you have to do any added configuration?<br>
<br>
BTW, Memorex support is worthless for this issue (web site and phone)
but I'll let there web site speak for them (see below).<br>
<br>
Dirk.<br>
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The requested URL /service_support/answers.php was not found on this
server.
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<address>Apache/1.3.27 Server at www.memorex.com Port 80<br>
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