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

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

Josh,

Thanks for replying.

> Yup, that is where Ubuntu's automounter is. You can find out what the
> /dev node is by:

Strange. The USB guy seems to indicate that he's attached to some kind 
of SCSI...

Apr  1 18:09:52 homebase kernel: [153448.047744] usb 1-5: new high speed 
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Apr  1 18:09:52 homebase kernel: [153448.182052] usb 1-5: configuration 
#1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr  1 18:09:52 homebase kernel: [153448.182333] scsi10 : SCSI emulation 
for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.171423] scsi 10:0:0:0: 
Direct-Access     I-O DATA USB Flash Disk   A2C  PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.172899] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] 
4030463 512-byte hardware sectors (2064 MB)
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.173654] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] 
Write Protect is off
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.176519] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] 
4030463 512-byte hardware sectors (2064 MB)
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.177269] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] 
Write Protect is off
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.177285]  sdf: sdf1
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.276946] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] 
Attached SCSI removable disk
Apr  1 18:09:57 homebase kernel: [153453.277006] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached 
scsi generic sg6 type 0

> Try tailing /var/log/messages as described above when inserting a
> card. See if you can tell which device it becomes. Then run "sudo
> fdisk -l /dev/sdd" (changing sdd to whatever the device node actually
> is).

I just get the error messages, so it's not really telling me as much as 
I need to know.

Sigh. I think I just wasted my money on an SD card I have to buy a new 
SD card reader to use.

Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.328573] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.328580] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Sense 
Key : Hardware Error [current]
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.328585] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.328590] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.335434] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.335439] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Sense 
Key : Hardware Error [current]
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.335444] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.335449] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.342171] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.342176] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Sense 
Key : Hardware Error [current]
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.342180] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.342185] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.348784] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.348789] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Sense 
Key : Hardware Error [current]
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.348794] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.348798] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.355397] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.355402] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Sense 
Key : Hardware Error [current]
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.355407] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error
Apr  1 18:37:09 homebase kernel: [155082.355412] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdd, sector 0


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Dave M G
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