Re: Sync option destroys flash!

linux
2005-05-18T11:15:25Z

>> hda: read_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> hda: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=6, sector=6
>> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 6
>> unable to read partition table
> [SNIPPED...]
>
> You can "fix" this by writing all sectors. Although the data is lost,
> the flash-RAM isn't. This can (read will) happen if you pull the
> flash-RAM out of its socket with the power ON.

Er... no. Trying to write 8K to /dev/hda, I get the above error
on sector 15.

My *other* problems could be fixed by rewriting the affected sector, but
this one seems to be a doozy. I never saw "SectorIdNotFound" before.

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As long as he has to read it personally, that's fine. I'll get some
small pleasure watching his lips move.