Bryan S. Tyson wrote:
On Wednesday 07 June 2006 00:16, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Every flash-RAM-based "disk" I have has it's jewel light lit only when data is actually being transferred. In other words, the light is an activity indicator. So I'd wait for it to go out and stay out for a few seconds before I disconnected the device.
Observe your LED to determine its pattern. Plug it in and see if the light is on or off. Then save a file to it and see what the light does.
I recommend this because as Randall stated, normally we expect the lighted LED to mean activity. However, I have a PNY thumb drive that is the opposite. Under Windows it behaves as expected, i.e. when idle, the LED is dark. When saving a file, the LED lights up while saving, then goes out.
However, with Linux (several different distros I have tried) it is the opposite! When I plug it in, the LED lights up. If I save a file and watch the LED, it goes out for a while while saving, then the LED comes back on!
Bryan
On two of my PCs running SuSE v10.1 and v9.1, it's just the opposite. When I insert a stick, there are two bouts of about 10 flashes of each while the device is mounted. The LED then stays OFF. Only when I copy a file to it or delete a file does the LED again flash, again about 10 flashes. Ken Hough -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com