Re: USB Flash Drives-one works one doesn't

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:06:42 UTC, Colin Campbell
<cmcampb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> PaulRS wrote:
>
> >I have a Verbatim 128 M flash drive that works fine in the USB port.
> >
> >However, I just obtained another USB flash drive - a Lexar 512M "jump
> >drive" that will not work under OS/2. Windows and SuSE linux both
> >hotplug the drive, but OS/2 does not nor does "Refresh Removable
> >Media" pick it up.
> >
> >My entry for USBMSD.ADD is as follows:
> > BASEDEV=USBMSD.ADD /V /FLOPPIES:0 /REMOVABLES:2
> >
> >I have two ports and one is connected to a ZIP-250
> >
> >Any suggestions????
> > Paul
> >
> >
> I've read of others having problems like yours, but I have a Lexar
> JumpDrive 2.0 Pro 512MB, and it worked from the get-go on my PC.
> Another fellow who frequents these newsgroups had a working drive, and
> then got a Lexar, and it wouldn't work for him.
>
> I just plugged my drive in, and a few seconds later, I got the
> notification that Drive H: had been attached. When I went into Local
> System / Drives and asked for Properties on Drive H:, I got the
> following on the Details page:
> ___________
> Drive Details
> Drive Label: LEXAR MEDIA
> File System: FAT
> Block size: 8,192
> ______________
> Allocation
> Bytes Blocks
> Total size: 512,180,224 62,522
> In use: 92,422,144 11,282
> Free: 419,758,080 51,540
> (and a nice pie chart below that)
>
> Does any of that help?
> Colin

It does work under Windooze and SuSE Linux - not OS/2 like the
Verbatim does. It is a "Jump Drive Secure" which had some software
that could be downloaded for Windooze to make "secure" places. I
reformated it FAT under Windows thinking that might be the problem,
but the results are the same - No Worky!!
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