[Gllug] Memory Stick Problem

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Wed Feb 9 19:52:06 UTC 2011


On 09/02/11 15:40, Philip Hands wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:09:06 +0000, Mick Farmer <mick at dcs.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Dear GLLUGers,
>>
>> I'm running Red Hat EL with kernel 2.6.9-89.35.1.
>>
>> Until last year I used a memory stick, VFAT formatted, to
>> move data between Linux and Windows.  The hotplug mechanism
>> detected when I plugged the stick into my USB port and the
>> drive could be seen as/media/usb.../.  I can't remember the
>> full path name.
>>
>> Since upgrading to the latest kernel this no longer works.
>> Using dmesg and lsmod I get the impression that the system
>> thinks it's a SCSI drive.
>>
>> I don't want to reformat the stick as it has important data
>> on it.  Can anyone suggest how I can revert to the VFAT
>> behaviour?
> You should notice that the /dev/sd* device(s) for the stick pop into
> existence when you shove it in, so the last lettered devices are
> probably your stick.  If you see:
>
>  phil at poker:~$ ls /dev/sd*
>  /dev/sda  /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2  /dev/sda5  /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdc1
>
> with the stick in, it's /dev/sdc.  If the /dev/sd?1 device is not there,
> the VFAT partition is direct on the device, otherwise, it's got a
> partition table and partition 1 is your VFAT.
>
> You can confirm that by pulling the drive out, and seeing if the disappear.
>
> If you run mount, you may find that the relevant device is already
> mounted somewhere, if not, you should be able to mount it by hand with
> something like:
>


If it is already mounted df should show you where. Also, does it pickup
correctly in Windoze? If so then backup your data before you go any
further! If it is picking up as a device under Linux at all you can also
use dd to make a block level copy of it before trying a reformat.

Roger.
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