Re: USB drive destroyed by Linux?
On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 05:53 +1000, Alan Ianson wrote:
> On Wed July 27 2005 12:29 pm, Matej Cepl wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, as of today, the drive has refused to work -- both under
> > Linux as well as with Windows (both 98 and XP Home). Even when inserted to
> > Windows, the LED control is just still off and under Linux nothing lands in
> > any /var/log/ file (of course, mount ends with failure -- /dev/sda doesn't
> > exist). I didn't do anything strange with the drive -- just copying some
> > files back and forth between two computers. Is it possible that the drive
> > just dies without any apparent reason? Does it happen often to USB drives?
>
> I have read that it does happen, although it has never happened to me. I mount
> my usb device as /dev/sda1 and have never had a problem with either of them.
>
>
I had an Apple iPod Mini die in similar circumstances, but wasn't sure
if it was the iPod or something that I did.
Dave
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