hdparm -i /dev/sdb gives me SG_IO: bad/missing sense data sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 24 00 (00.. HDIO_GET_IDENDITY failed: Invalid argument
I think I will try to use my warranty... Érico V. Porto On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Érico Porto wrote: > >> it is a 16GB class 10 Transcend, but the eeepc uses a usb card reader >> inside of it - no mmc I think. >> >> Actually, the first thing I tried to do with it was to format to ext2, >> and then the formating proccess frozed in the middle of it.. I've tried to >> load it in a windows pc after but couldn't read, and when I tried to >> format, everything frozed - but it was a public computer, so I don't know >> if it ever had a working card reader. >> >> I've booted ubuntu in the eeepc now, and the card is shown in /dev/sdc1, >> but I can't edit it using disk utility - it gives me error calling >> fsync(2), on:/dev/sdc: input/output error. But on ubuntu I don't see no >> dmesg error msgs like the ones I see on gentoo just by plugin it on the >> port. >> >> Is there any disk error checking utility in gentoo or ubuntu? >> >> >> Érico V. Porto >> >> >> > This may help. smartmontools I'm not sure what sort of testing can be > done on those if any. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > > -- > I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or > how you interpreted my words! > > >
