Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:59:21 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Robert <traveling08@cox.net> Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found (fwd) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111281142140.10133@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20111128102459.22b40d36@dell64> References: <201111241116.pAOBGH4i098240@fire.js.berklix.net> <20111124113938.2d99eec2@dell64> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111241326490.69990@wonkity.com> <20111125095457.477e9501@dell64> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111251325020.81363@wonkity.com> <20111126135557.56f4ea06@dell64> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111261832130.9873@wonkity.com> <20111128055529.2cd89955@dell64> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111280742160.8749@wonkity.com> <20111128102459.22b40d36@dell64>
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Robert wrote: > I did discover that an external card reader I was using on the Windows > XP computer is defective. It had a bent pin and another recessed pin. > I hope that is not what damaged these cards. Ouch. That sounds like a logical cause. Although the card itself has sockets, and would hopefully still work in a good reader... A bad pin would explain why they show similar but not identical capacity. >> Have these cards >> been heavily used to the point where they may be failing? > > I couldn't say for sure but I am waiting for answers from > the photographer/owner about other questions. She does take an > incredible amount of photos so I would guess they have been used and > clear many times. I was thinking of them being used as drive in a computer application. In that kind of use, flash drives are reported to last 1.5 to 3 years. > I was attempting to force another look at /dev/da1 to see any change > not actually zero out anything. Oh. A little easier: true > /dev/da0 > I did a lot of my testing in single user but switched to multi so that > I could more easily cut and paste tests and results. Sorry, forgot to mention that earlier. It really should make no difference here.
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