[arch-general] Another 'gotta be something idiotic': trying to create bootable USB thumb drive

Fri Apr 12 03:32:33 EDT 2013

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:00:28 +0200
Jan Alexander Steffens <jan.steffens at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:41 AM, David Benfell
> <benfell at parts-unknown.org> wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I can't believe I'm having trouble with this. I'm trying to follow
> > the directions at
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_Installation_Media
> >
> > Specifically:
> >
> > dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx
> >
> > Which I translate to:
> >
> > sudo dd bs=4M if=Downloads/archlinux-2013.04.01-dual.iso of=/dev/sdb
> > dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sdb’: No medium found
> >
> > And you see the result. /dev/sdb does indeed exist and is writable.
> > It's a brand new 4GB flash drive and I moved the crap that came
> > preloaded on it somewhere else before dismounting it. Here's the
> > dmesg snippet:
> >
> > [151086.251674] usb 2-3.1.4: new high-speed USB device number 5
> > using ehci-pci
> > [151087.600267] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> > [151087.600770] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-3.1.4:1.0
> > [151087.601106] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
> > [151087.601112] USB Mass Storage support registered.
> > [151088.603391] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  Cruzer
> > Glide 1.26 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> > [151088.606083] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 7821312 512-byte logical blocks:
> > (4.00 GB/3.72 GiB)
> > [151088.608130] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> > [151088.608149] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
> > [151088.611180] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache:
> > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> > [151088.632405]  sdb: sdb1
> > [151088.637930] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> > [151129.666614] usb 2-3.2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using
> > ehci-pci
> > [152047.595383] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [152047.595438] WARNING: at drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c:1054
> > ehci_endpoint_reset+0x113/0x120 [ehci_hcd]()
> > [152047.595444] Hardware name: p2-1120
> > [152047.595449] clear_halt for a busy endpoint
> > [152047.595453] Modules linked in: usb_storage tun nls_cp437 vfat
> > fat fuse joydev acpi_cpufreq mperf evdev kvm radeon ttm microcode
> > drm_kms_helper pcspkr psmouse drm snd_hda_codec_realtek
> > snd_hda_intel serio_raw sp5100_tco i2c_piix4 snd_hda_codec k10temp
> > i2c_algo_bit snd_hwdep snd_pcm i2c_core atl1c snd_page_alloc
> > snd_timer snd soundcore button video processor vboxnetadp(O)
> > vboxdrv(O) ext4 crc16 jbd2 mbcache hid_generic usbhid hid sr_mod
> > cdrom sd_mod ahci libahci ohci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd libata usbcore
> > scsi_mod usb_common [152047.595550] Pid: 30474, comm: pool Tainted:
> > G           O 3.8.6-1-ARCH #1
> > [152047.595556] Call Trace:
> > [152047.595574]  [<ffffffff81057190>] warn_slowpath_common+0x70/0xa0
> > [152047.595584]  [<ffffffff8105720c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x4c/0x50
> > [152047.595612]  [<ffffffffa0043645>] ? usb_control_msg+0xe5/0x130
> > [usbcore]
> > [152047.595628]  [<ffffffffa0178cf3>]
> > ehci_endpoint_reset+0x113/0x120 [ehci_hcd]
> > [152047.595650]  [<ffffffffa00422b5>]
> > usb_hcd_reset_endpoint+0x25/0x70 [usbcore]
> > [152047.595670]  [<ffffffffa0044558>] usb_reset_endpoint+0x28/0x40
> > [usbcore]
> > [152047.595690]  [<ffffffffa00445de>] usb_clear_halt+0x6e/0x80
> > [usbcore] [152047.595710]  [<ffffffffa004f305>]
> > usbdev_do_ioctl+0xba5/0x1050 [usbcore]
> > [152047.595730]  [<ffffffffa004f7de>] usbdev_ioctl+0xe/0x20
> > [usbcore] [152047.595741]  [<ffffffff81199775>]
> > do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e5/0x4d0 [152047.595750]  [<ffffffff811999e1>]
> > sys_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 [152047.595762]  [<ffffffff814c735d>]
> > system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f [152047.595769] ---[ end trace
> > a5c78ffe5f331d3c ]--- [152047.599593] usb 2-3.2: usbfs: process
> > 30321 (events) did not claim interface 0 before use
> > [152051.469939] sdb: detected capacity change from 4004511744 to 0
> > [152062.408991] usb 2-3.2: USB disconnect, device number 6
> 
> Googling a bit, I found this:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1273928
> 
> Also looking at the SanDisk "Cruzer Glide" product page, it seems
> SanDisk thumbdrives often have various fancy features that rely on
> firmware support (the page notes that "some capacity is not available
> for data storage.")
> 
> It's possible the drive just can't be used for anything but what
> SanDisk intended (and support will just tell you that "Linux is not
> supported by SanDisk.") Trying to manipulate the MBR or any other
> sector outside the main data partition immediately causes the drive to
> shut down, maybe to protect its functionality. At least I believe
> that's what I'm seeing here.

Hi 

Those SanDisk drive are a real pain you can use them but you are
going to have to fdisk it first there is stuff on there that stops
Linux dead in it's tracks i have several of them the 4Gb ones (came at
the right price) .

I used fdisk on them then formatted them vfat for use in the car  work
fine now .

Pete .

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