From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 18:59:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5451106566C for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:59:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80E2A8FC16 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pASIxLNi010250; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:59:21 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id pASIxLZu010247; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:59:21 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:59:21 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Robert In-Reply-To: <20111128102459.22b40d36@dell64> Message-ID: References: <201111241116.pAOBGH4i098240@fire.js.berklix.net> <20111124113938.2d99eec2@dell64> <20111125095457.477e9501@dell64> <20111126135557.56f4ea06@dell64> <20111128055529.2cd89955@dell64> <20111128102459.22b40d36@dell64> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:59:21 -0700 (MST) Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found (fwd) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:59:31 -0000 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.