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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB stick recognition problem
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:06:36
Message-Id: AANLkTimxTFh5crLMryh7Ne6OEQuFWWEahmzJGZWQ9eVw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] USB stick recognition problem by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Helmut Jarausch
2 <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > since a few weeks I have a strange effect with my USB stick.
6 >
7 > According to fdisk there is one partition on it
8 > /dev/sde1              38     7839719     3919841    b  W95 FAT32
9 >
10 > which I haven't changed for a long time.
11 >
12 > Whenever I insert this stick, the kernel log shows
13 > /dev/sde  but not /dev/sde1  (and there is no file /dev/sde1)
14 >
15 > After Invoking fdisk /dev/sde with a simple 'p' command but nothing
16 > else, this device shows up.
17 >
18 > Has anybody an idea what's going on here?
19
20 I have a USB SD-card reader which cannot read the partition table when
21 first inserted into the PC. But, if I issue "hdparm -z /dev/sdg" then
22 the kernel re-reads the partition table and everything works fine
23 after that. You can try it, maybe it'll work for you, too.

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[gentoo-user] Re: USB stick recognition problem walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] USB stick recognition problem Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>