Plugging in a DSO I just bought from fleabay, I get this in dmesg: usb 1-7.4.4: new full-speed USB device number 19 using ehci_hcd hub 1-7.4:1.0: port 4 not reset yet, waiting 10ms usb 1-7.4.4: default language 0x0409 usb 1-7.4.4: udev 19, busnum 1, minor = 18 usb 1-7.4.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0483, idProduct=5720 usb 1-7.4.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 1-7.4.4: Product: STM32 Mass Storage usb 1-7.4.4: Manufacturer: STMicroelectronics usb 1-7.4.4: SerialNumber: 000000000001 usb 1-7.4.4: usb_probe_device usb 1-7.4.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-7.4.4: adding 1-7.4.4:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) usbserial_generic 1-7.4.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface usbserial_generic 1-7.4.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id usb-storage 1-7.4.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface usb-storage 1-7.4.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id scsi13 : usb-storage 1-7.4.4:1.0 drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '019' scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access e-Design DSO Flash Disk 1.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] Unsupported sector size 1. sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] 0 512-byte logical blocks: (0 B/0 B) sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] 1-byte physical blocks sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] No Caching mode page present sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] Unsupported sector size 1. sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] No Caching mode page present sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 13:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk A one byte per sector disk? Boggles my mind. Is there anything I can do about it, and updating its firmware, besides finding a winderz box? Thanks. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Let me put it this way: today is going to be a learning experience. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html