Hello! I recently got a Sony MZ-NH 900 Hi-MD walkman that can be used as a USB storage device (and, in its primary function as a portable MiniDisc audio player...).
It is possible to put data on it under Windows but unfortunately, the device is recognized correctly as a usb-storage device but syslog tells me that the device has no proper partition table. $ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices says: T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=054c ProdID=0183 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=Sony S: Product=Hi-MD C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms The syslog says: Oct 12 17:29:27 kastenfrosch kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using address 4 Oct 12 17:29:28 kastenfrosch kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 12 17:29:28 kastenfrosch kernel: Vendor: SONY Model: Hi-MD WALKMAN Rev: 1000 Oct 12 17:29:28 kastenfrosch kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 12 17:29:28 kastenfrosch kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Oct 12 17:29:29 kastenfrosch scsi.agent[3597]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/host2/2:0:0:0 Oct 12 17:30:37 kastenfrosch kernel: SCSI device sda: 138363 2048-byte hdwr sectors (283 MB) Oct 12 17:30:37 kastenfrosch kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled Oct 12 17:30:37 kastenfrosch kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 12 17:30:37 kastenfrosch kernel: SCSI device sda: 138363 2048-byte hdwr sectors (283 MB) Oct 12 17:30:37 kastenfrosch kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled Oct 12 17:30:37 kastenfrosch kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 12 17:30:37 kastenfrosch kernel: sda: unknown partition table The disk has been formatted using the "Format" function on the walkman. It is no 1GB Hi-MD disk but a "normal" 74 minutes Minidisc formatted in Hi-MD mode (doesn't make any difference except the size of course). But as 1GB media is very hard to find at the moment I prefer to have music instead of data on it :) Has anyone already been able to get a Hi-MD device to work under UNIX/Linux? I would appreciate any help and could provide more information if needed. Regards, Jean Pierre ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
