Re: USB stick 4GB Kingston not working
I have a Kingston, it has behaved very erratically (and currently lost its partition, leaving the drive unformatted). I've done no research into this, but a similar problem is there. I found formatting it would work for a few days (but didn't want to try harder than that for just a USB drive). Somebody claiming to be Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > Dear friends, > > Though I find that with each OpenBSD release an increasing array of > exotic USB devices are supported, I got the shock > of my life with my newly purchased USB stick. > > This is what I get from USB probing. > > > umass1 at uhub0 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "Kingston > DataTraveler 130" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 3 > umass1: using SCSI over Bulk-Only > scsibus2 at umass1: 2 targets, initiator 0 > sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: SCSI2 > 0/direct removable > Unit test ready failed... > sd1: Drive offline > > Obviously you won't get this message. I tried to hack the kernel to > find out what is going on... > > Shall I wait for May 1 and hope that the problem goes away? > > Thanks. > > -Girish > > -- > Gayatri Hitech > web: http://gayatri-hitech.com > > SpamCheetah Spam filter: > http://spam-cheetah.com
Re: USB stick 4GB Kingston not working
On Monday 19 April 2010 23:51:21 Sean Howard wrote: > I have a Kingston, it has behaved very erratically (and currently lost its > partition, leaving the drive unformatted). I've done no research into this, > but a similar problem is there. I found formatting it would work for a few > days (but didn't want to try harder than that for just a USB drive). > > Somebody claiming to be Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > Though I find that with each OpenBSD release an increasing array of > > exotic USB devices are supported, I got the shock > > of my life with my newly purchased USB stick. > > > > This is what I get from USB probing. [snip] Do not discount a bad usb stick. I've seen a few brands which were (or, are) pretty bad. One particular 1G/2G batch of pny sticks had about 50% not working on OpenBSD. I got them to test because they were flaky on Windows, too. I know there are incompatible sticks out there, but I've crashed into just plain badly made hardware, too. --STeve Andre'
Re: USB stick 4GB Kingston not working
On 20/04/2010, at 4:05 PM, STeve Andre' wrote: > On Monday 19 April 2010 23:51:21 Sean Howard wrote: >> I have a Kingston, it has behaved very erratically (and currently lost its >> partition, leaving the drive unformatted). I've done no research into this, >> but a similar problem is there. I found formatting it would work for a few >> days (but didn't want to try harder than that for just a USB drive). >> >> Somebody claiming to be Girish Venkatachalam wrote: >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> Though I find that with each OpenBSD release an increasing array of >>> exotic USB devices are supported, I got the shock >>> of my life with my newly purchased USB stick. >>> >>> This is what I get from USB probing. > [snip] > > Do not discount a bad usb stick. I've seen a few brands which were (or, > are) pretty bad. One particular 1G/2G batch of pny sticks had about 50% > not working on OpenBSD. I got them to test because they were flaky on > Windows, too. I know there are incompatible sticks out there, but I've > crashed into just plain badly made hardware, too. > I'll second that on PNY mem sticks - got an 8Gb one and it's hopeless! Yer pays yer money and yer takes your choice! > --STeve Andre'
