I run etch, 2.6.12 kernel. 2.8ghz AMD 32bit CPU, nvidia chipset

Can someone suggest a reliable, easily gotten usbstick that readily works.
I have a memorex 2.0 that won't work, and wish to try something else.

I am used to usb storage, as that is how my camera mounts. My system sees
it (the stick), just it is convinced that something is wrong w/ the fs on
the stick.
Even tried fdisk on it.
TYIA
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linxlvr wrote:
> I run etch, 2.6.12 kernel. 2.8ghz AMD 32bit CPU, nvidia chipset
>
> Can someone suggest a reliable, easily gotten usbstick that readily works.
> I have a memorex 2.0 that won't work, and wish to try something else.
>
> I am used to usb storage, as that is how my camera mounts. My system sees
> it (the stick), just it is convinced that something is wrong w/ the fs on
> the stick.
> Even tried fdisk on it.
> TYIA
> --
> dw
>

PQI 1GB USB Stick. Works like charm

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:51:20 +0100, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz wrote:

> linxlvr wrote: 
>
> PQI 1GB USB Stick. Works like charm
TY
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:20:41 -0500, linxlvr wrote:

> I run etch, 2.6.12 kernel. 2.8ghz AMD 32bit CPU, nvidia chipset
>
> Can someone suggest a reliable, easily gotten usbstick that readily works.
> I have a memorex 2.0 that won't work, and wish to try something else.
>
> I am used to usb storage, as that is how my camera mounts. My system sees
> it (the stick), just it is convinced that something is wrong w/ the fs on
> the stick.
> Even tried fdisk on it.
> TYIA

I have a 256mb kanguru micro drive and 128mb lexar jumpdrive - no
problems. I also use various size CF cards (8mb, 32mb, 64mb, 1gb) in two
different USB card readers - no problems.

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linxlvr wrote:

> I run etch, 2.6.12 kernel. 2.8ghz AMD 32bit CPU, nvidia chipset
>
> Can someone suggest a reliable, easily gotten usbstick that readily works.
> I have a memorex 2.0 that won't work, and wish to try something else.
>
> I am used to usb storage, as that is how my camera mounts. My system sees
> it (the stick), just it is convinced that something is wrong w/ the fs on
> the stick.
> Even tried fdisk on it.
> TYIA
> --
> dw
I had a SanDisk that went bad with similar syptoms.  They sent me a warranty
replacement.  We have several at work so I knew that others of the same
model worked with my PC.  So maybe you have a defective one.  We have
switched to Kingston, I believe they are called traverler elite, because
they are password protected.

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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:21:13 +0000, Meat Loaf wrote:

> linxlvr wrote:
> 
> I had a SanDisk that went bad with similar syptoms.  They sent me a warran
ty
> replacement.  We have several at work so I knew that others of the same
> model worked with my PC.  So maybe you have a defective one.  We have
> switched to Kingston, I believe they are called traverler elite, because
> they are password protected.
TY. I had considered this. It works on M$ at the job though, so I think it
might be ok. Either that or windoz is ignoring a prob that linux is
catching w/ fat or sectors or some such thing. Thanks again.
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On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:42:39 -0700, ray wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:20:41 -0500, linxlvr wrote:
> 
>
> I have a 256mb kanguru micro drive and 128mb lexar jumpdrive - no
> problems. I also use various size CF cards (8mb, 32mb, 64mb, 1gb) in two
> different USB card readers - no problems.
TY, I now have a sizeable list to choose from.

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:20:41 -0500, linxlvr wrote:

> I run etch, 2.6.12 kernel. 2.8ghz AMD 32bit CPU, nvidia chipset
>
> Can someone suggest a reliable, easily gotten usbstick that readily works.
> I have a memorex 2.0 that won't work, and wish to try something else.
>
> I am used to usb storage, as that is how my camera mounts. My system sees
> it (the stick), just it is convinced that something is wrong w/ the fs on
> the stick.
> Even tried fdisk on it.

Sorry to come late to the thread, but I have had to reformat several
sticks to make them work cleanly with Linux.  Your dmesg output might
reveal the difficulty.  MS-Windows seems very forgiving of badly formatted
sticks and weird partitioning (the one I've seen most is partition
boundaries not matching what is written in the partition table).

I prefer to use "cfdisk -z /dev/sda" (or /dev/sdb etc) once it looks like
things need fixing.

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echo znexfbhgu2000@lnubb.pb.hx|tr a-z n-za-m

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linxlvr wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:42:39 -0700, ray wrote:
> 
> TY, I now have a sizeable list to choose from.

Just for a bit of info.  I also had a memory card where linux reported
something wrong but windows read it fine.  After several months the card's
file system became corrupted and unreadable.  After reformating it fat32
using linux it has now run without problem in my nokia phone and is
readable using both windows and linux with no read errors reported.

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kegwasher wrote:

> linxlvr wrote:
> 
>
> Just for a bit of info.  I also had a memory card where linux reported
> something wrong but windows read it fine.  After several months the card's
> file system became corrupted and unreadable.  After reformating it fat32
> using linux it has now run without problem in my nokia phone and is
> readable using both windows and linux with no read errors reported.
TY, tried it w/ fdisk, wouldn't work still.
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