User Feedback :: PNY USB Attache 2G Drive

More information on the PNY Attache 2G that is recognized but
I can not find a way to get it to mount. Any help would be appreciated.

Here is a portion of dmesg:
<6>usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
<6>PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:14.0
<6>usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xccb2a000, IRQ 5
<6>usb-ohci.c: usb-00:14.0, ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller
<6>usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
<6>hub.c: USB hub found
<6>hub.c: 2 ports detected
<6>Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
<6>usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
<6>USB Mass Storage support registered.
<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:14.0-1, assigned address 2
<6>scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
<4>scsi: unknown type 28
<4> Vendor: Model: Rev:
<4> Type: Unknown ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4>resize_dma_pool: unknown device type 28
<7>WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
<7>USB Mass Storage device found at 2
<7>ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
<7>ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
<4>cloop: Initializing cloop v2.01
<6>cloop: loaded (max 128 devices)

<6>agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x66024a1e signature2 0xc88b6602 sector=4.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:01.
<4>FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
<4>Found signature1 0x66024a1e signature2 0xc88b6602 sector=4.
<4>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:01.
<5>NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/W MODULE]

$ mount
dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)
/dev/scd0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/cloop on /KNOPPIX type iso9660 (ro)
/ramdisk on /ramdisk type tmpfs (rw,size=149976k,size=145440k)
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw,devmode=0666)
unionfs on /KNOPPIX/bin type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk/bin=rw:/bin=ro)
unionfs on /dev type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk/dev=rw:/dev=ro)
unionfs on /etc type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk/etc=rw:/etc=rw)
unionfs on /KNOPPIX/lib type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk/lib=rw:/lib=ro)
unionfs on /KNOPPIX/sbin type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk/sbin=rw:/sbin=ro)
unionfs on /KNOPPIX/usr type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk/usr=rw:/usr=ro)
unionfs on /ramdisk/var type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk/var=rw)

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0930:653e Toshiba Corp.

$ lsusb -v
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 2 USB OHCI Root Hub
iSerial 1 ccb2a000
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x40
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 2
bInterval 255
Language IDs: (length=4)
0000 (null)((null))

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0930:653e Toshiba Corp.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 Interface
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0930 Toshiba Corp.
idProduct 0x653e
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2 USB Flash Memory
iSerial 3 0612142157070
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 39
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 64
bInterval 255
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 64
bInterval 255
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 8
bInterval 10
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)

Thanks.

lkraemer

Check it in c/fdisk to see if its partition table is screwed up; don't use gparted for that unless you're absolutely sure you're doing it correctly and not changing labels, etc. I just fixed a stack of zip disks last week I was told were all FUBAR but the guy who gave them to me had used parted and misset disk labels so they were misread. His mistake is my gain.

Also note, not all USB devices conform to accepted standards. What works perfectly well in Windows doesn't always work in Linux and what works with one distro may not with another. Some distros and operating systems are configured to be more or less forgiving of such things.

I looked at a PDF from PNY's site and they say their devices should work with Linux 2.4+. I also found this:

"The Attaché is ready to work with Windows Vista, XP, and 2000 for storage, no drivers required, which is the norm. It's also ready for Mac OS, going as far back as Version 8.6. Unlike its competition from Lexar—which says nothing about Linux support yet did work when plugged into a Linux machine—the PNY Attaché went completely unrecognized by Ubuntu."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2278077,00.asp

The article is a month and a half old. Obviously, YMMV.

Edit: Does this device have u3? Some implementations of u3 will work seamlessly under Linux, some will be very buggy under Linux if they work at all -- again, some may be more forgiving than others.

Hi lkraemer!

I have 3 usb drives (all sandisk) and they all work with DSL. I have formatted them with fat32 and they work just fine. I'm posting this using a 2 GB Sandisk Titanium Cruzer with DSL 4.3 installed. Maybe reformatting to fat32 would do the trick.

Have fun with DSL lkraemer and hope everything works out for you,
meo

EDIT: Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm using DSL-embedded because it doesn't seem to be so grumpy about what kind of usb drive you are using. That might be a solution if it suits your preferences when it comes to DSL.

Quote (meo @ May 18 2008,17:28)

EDIT: Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm using DSL-embedded because it doesn't seem to be so grumpy about what kind of usb drive you are using. That might be a solution if it suits your preferences when it comes to DSL.

..such as the DSL-embedded 2 gig drive offered at the store

http://damnsmalllinux.org/usb-qemu.html

The PNY 2G Attache doesn't have U3. I have used Gparted
to remove the partition, create a new one, format it as FAT
and it works fine under Ubuntu 8.04, and Windows 2K, but
still is not recognized under DSL 4.3. I've tried LBA, and
Boot flags too, making no difference in operation under DSL.

Are there any more suggestions?
Thanks.

lkraemer

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