Re: Wrong identification of a USB flash drive.
> On 2009-08-22 09:16, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> This is in the category of P.A.T. (Petty Annoyances and Tedium) but I still
> would like to know why it is happening. That knowledge should tell me how to
> fix the problem.
>
> My system is Lenny 5.02, but the same problem exists on an old Fedora Core 3
> system, so it is not a Debian problem, per se.
>
> I just bought a 3 pack of Sandisk Cruzers (4Gb). When I insert any of them
> into a USB port, the system recognizes it as a CD drive.
AFAIK the Sandisk Cruzers are U3 Sticks and i think the U3 System is
shown as a CD-Drive and the storage as usb drive. There is a Tool from
Sandisk to disable the U3 functionality and use the sticks without this
software, but it's a windows executable.
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