fdisk finds usb drive only every 4th attempt -- very strange
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:23 am
Got 2 of those very tiny delock 8GB "nano" memory sticks.
They are detected immediately every time I plug them in ("sd [increasingnumber]:0:0:0...")
but fdisk -l doesn't show them.
2nd attempt: no.
3rd: no
4th: /dev/sdc: 7948 MByte, (...)
5th: no
(...)
8th: /dev/sdc: 7948 MByte, (...)
and so on.
Despite this, it's always possible to MOUNT the drive,
although this takes a little while every time fdisk hasn't found it.
Once mounted, fdisk shows the drive, too.
After umount, fdisk needs 4 attempts again.
What's going on here???
OH YES, AND:
My main intention is (was?) to boot from them.
Still a good idea?
They are detected immediately every time I plug them in ("sd [increasingnumber]:0:0:0...")
but fdisk -l doesn't show them.
2nd attempt: no.
3rd: no
4th: /dev/sdc: 7948 MByte, (...)
5th: no
(...)
8th: /dev/sdc: 7948 MByte, (...)
and so on.
Despite this, it's always possible to MOUNT the drive,
although this takes a little while every time fdisk hasn't found it.
Once mounted, fdisk shows the drive, too.
After umount, fdisk needs 4 attempts again.
What's going on here???
OH YES, AND:
My main intention is (was?) to boot from them.
Still a good idea?