USB card reader

[A.J. Bonnema]

Scott Burns wrote:
> A.J. Bonnema wrote:
> 
>> [I already sent this somewhere, but it didn't (afaics), so I'll repeat 
>> it here]
>> I found out some more from /var/log/message in reaction to 'fdisk -l
>> /dev/sda'. The output follows:
>>
>>
>    My first impression is that windows did not put a partition table on 
> the drive, kinda like a floppy disk IIRC.  Windows likes it, but Linux 
> doesn't.  Even though fdisk -l fails, can you use fdisk to put a single 
> primary partition on the drive?
> 

This is the response to 'fdisk /dev/sda' (or sda)

Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not 
present
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 
0, driver = 08
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not 
present
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 
bytes, disk size 1GB.
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel:  sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel:  unable to read partition table
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a 
disc in the drive.
Nov 24 04:37:33 abonnema kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0

Any ideas?

Guus.
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A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands,
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