[PLUG] Mounting USB "Thumb" Drive

[Colin Kuskie]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 10:08:51AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
 
> Current sd00:00: sns = 70  2
> ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
> Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 
> 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, 
> disk size 1GB. sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
>  /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>  I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
>  unable to read partition table
> Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
> Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
> 
>   Does this mean the USB thumb drive has gone bad?
> 
>   What do you suggest I do?

If there's no data that you want from the drive, I'd try formatting it.

If it won't format, then you know it's bad.

Colin