From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Aug 4 06:44:07 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD47B9B3188 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 06:44:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 950981BFF for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 06:44:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-150-34.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.150.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 049483CC5E; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:44:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t746i2Y8002521; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:44:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:44:02 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Bernt Hansson Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. Message-Id: <20150804084402.941e19ca.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <55C006F9.1080106@bananmonarki.se> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55BFAC5D.5070309@sneakertech.com> <55BFEB3E.6000008@bananmonarki.se> <55BFFAE5.8040500@sneakertech.com> <55C006F9.1080106@bananmonarki.se> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 06:44:07 -0000 On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 02:27:37 +0200, Bernt Hansson wrote: > That usb stick is now in the bin. Took a SD card, and it booted linux > cnc well and working. That's probably the only answer to "Input/output error". :-) root@testbox:~ # newfs /dev/da1 /dev/da1: 65536.0MB (134217728 sectors) block size 32768, fragment size 4096 using 105 cylinder groups of 626.09MB, 20035 blks, 80256 inodes. super-block backups (for fsck_ffs -b #) at: newfs: wtfs: 131072 bytes at sector 192: Input/output error And it's not that USB sticks are luxury goods... maybe the device really is "bricked" or broken. USB sticks are not made to last forever. That's what paperwork has been invented for. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...