[SWLUG] removing CDFS on USB memory

[Mark Summerfield]

On Mon 2-Apr-07, you wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > [17179656.460000] usb 5-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> > address 2
> > [17179656.792000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> > [17179656.792000] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> > [17179656.792000] usb-storage: device found at 2
> > [17179656.792000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before
> > scanning [17179656.796000] usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> > [17179656.796000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
> > [17179661.792000]   Vendor: Intuix    Model: U3                Rev: 6.51
> > [17179661.792000]   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI
> > revision: 00
> >
> > [17179661.800000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
> > [17179661.800000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
> > [17179661.800000]   Vendor: Intuix    Model: U3                Rev: 6.51
> > [17179661.800000]   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI
> > revision: 00
> > [17179661.800000]  2:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
>
> Yep, definately looks like it's announcing itself as 2 separate drives -
> unless you can reprogram the firmware I doubt there's anything you can do.

It works perfectly well on both Linux & Windows & 99% of the time I'm
just using it as a Linux backup device. The only downside is that it
confuses KDE sometimes.

Thanks for the info; next time I won't buy an Intuix device!

-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu