Re: [gentoo-user] sdhc card on eeepc701 running gentoo

[Érico Porto]

one thing I don't get is why I can see /dev/sdb1 when I type fdisk and
press p, but that isn't listed when I type ls /dev/sd*

Érico V. Porto


On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Érico Porto <ericoporto2008@×××××.com>wrote:

> hdparm -i /dev/sdb gives me
> SG_IO: bad/missing sense data sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 24
> 00 (00..
> HDIO_GET_IDENDITY failed: Invalid argument
>
> I think I will try to use my warranty...
>
> Érico V. Porto
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> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Érico Porto wrote:
>>
>>> it is a 16GB class 10 Transcend, but the eeepc uses a usb card reader
>>> inside of it - no mmc I think.
>>>
>>> Actually, the first thing I tried to do with it was to format to ext2,
>>> and then the formating proccess frozed in the middle of it.. I've tried to
>>> load it in a windows pc after but couldn't read, and when I tried to
>>> format, everything frozed - but it was a public computer, so I don't know
>>> if it ever had a working card reader.
>>>
>>> I've booted ubuntu in the eeepc now, and the card is shown in /dev/sdc1,
>>> but I can't edit it using disk utility - it gives me error calling
>>> fsync(2), on:/dev/sdc: input/output error. But on ubuntu I don't see no
>>> dmesg error msgs like the ones I see on gentoo just by plugin it on the
>>> port.
>>>
>>> Is there any disk error checking utility in gentoo or ubuntu?
>>>
>>>
>>> Érico V. Porto
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> This may help.  smartmontools  I'm not sure what sort of testing can be
>> done on those if any.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>>
>> --
>> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or
>> how you interpreted my words!
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