Re: [tlug] Ubuntu won't format a 2GB SD card as fat 16

[Dave M G <dave@example.com>]

Sig,

Thanks for replying.

> could you try to tail the systemlog (in a terminal run "tail -f 
> /var/log/messages") and paste the lines that show up when you insert the 
> card?

Sure!

$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.609827] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.609832] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.616681] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.616687] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Sense 
Key : Hardware Error [current]
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.616692] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.616697] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.623293] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.623298] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Sense 
Key : Hardware Error [current]
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.623302] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Mar 31 21:22:26 homebase kernel: [78739.623307] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0

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Dave M G
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