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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Issues with USB memory sticks
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 23:33:45
Message-Id: 54D3FDD0.3060800@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Issues with USB memory sticks by bitlord
1 On 02/02/2015 11:57 PM, bitlord wrote:
2 > On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:22:17 -0800
3 > Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> I've been having a strange issue with my USB flash drives.
6 >>
7 >> I can't seem to copy much anything to them. It appears to copy and
8 >> then hangs, then I get:
9 >>
10 >> [ 6841.490036] usb 2-6: reset high-speed USB device number 16 using
11 >> ehci-pci [ 6848.540029] usb 2-6: reset high-speed USB device number
12 >> 16 using ehci-pci [ 6855.590031] usb 2-6: reset high-speed USB device
13 >> number 16 using ehci-pci [ 6862.640026] usb 2-6: reset high-speed USB
14 >> device number 16 using ehci-pci [ 6869.690025] usb 2-6: reset
15 >> high-speed USB device number 16 using ehci-pci [ 6876.740023] usb
16 >> 2-6: reset high-speed USB device number 16 using ehci-pci
17 >>
18 >>
19 >> dmesg is full of these messages.
20 >>
21
22 An update: New kernel didn't do anything. However, while checking the
23 filesystems, I noticed that some are FAT and some are NTFS. I checked
24 the partition types and they were set right.
25
26 So, for some reason, on my machine FAT- or NTFS-formatted devices simply
27 do not work.
28
29 I took a few of the flash drives and formatted them as ext4, no issues
30 (and no resets in the kernel log.) Repartitioned and reformatted as NTFS
31 or FAT, they don't work.
32
33 Now how weird is that?
34
35 Most of the time I use my esata enclosure when I need to move stuff off
36 of my computer, when I discovered this it was one of those rare times
37 where I used a flash drive.
38
39 I'm not sure what I can do about the FAT support, but I can try ntfs-3g
40 for ntfs - although I don't feel like testing that now. I'm just happy
41 it's not my motherboard.
42
43 Dan