Ok, here we go again – again, again and again. I don’t know if someone is deleting my posts or they just aren’t being posted/saved. Sorry if this is a dup.
I received the RMA-ed drive a few days ago. The drive looks the same, except that the activity LED has been moved towered the lowe left, it’s read/orange instead of blue and it blinks more rapidly. Also, I noticed that the read speed was at least twice that of the drive which I RMA-ed.
Here’s some info on the drive :
mint@mint /media/mint/c6dc16a4-8ea0-470c-a196-d1eb5c84a170 $ file sandisk-ultra-rma.img sandisk-ultra-rma.img: x86 boot sector
mint@mint ~ $ file sector0.bin sector0.bin: x86 boot sector
mint@mint ~ $ sudo smartctl -a -T verypermissive -d scsi /dev/sdg smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86\_64-linux-3.13.0-37-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Vendor: SanDisk Product: SanDisk Ultra Revision: PMAP User Capacity: 31,625,052,160 bytes [31.6 GB] Logical block size: 512 bytes scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp\_len=4 offset=12 bd\_len=8 Logical Unit id: [censored for privacy reasons] Serial number: [censored for privacy reasons] Device type: disk scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp\_len=4 offset=12 bd\_len=8 Local Time is: Fri May 22 18:33:08 2015 CDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled Temperature Warning: Disabled or Not Supported === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Health Status: OK Error Counter logging not supported scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp\_len=4 offset=12 bd\_len=8 Device does not support Self Test logging
mint@mint /media/mint/c6dc16a4-8ea0-470c-a196-d1eb5c84a170 $ sudo udevadm info --query=all --name=sdg P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host19/target19:0:0/19:0:0:0/block/sdg N: sdg S: disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk\_SanDisk\_Ultra\_[censored for privacy reasons]-0:0 S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 E: DEVLINKS=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk\_SanDisk\_Ultra\_[censored for privacy reasons]-0:0 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdg E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host19/target19:0:0/19:0:0:0/block/sdg E: DEVTYPE=disk E: ID\_BUS=usb E: ID\_INSTANCE=0:0 E: ID\_MODEL=SanDisk\_Ultra E: ID\_MODEL\_ENC=SanDisk\x20Ultra\x20\x20\x20 E: ID\_MODEL\_ID=5581 E: ID\_PART\_TABLE\_TYPE=dos E: ID\_PATH=pci-0000:00:1a.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 E: ID\_PATH\_TAG=pci-0000\_00\_1a\_7-usb-0\_2\_1\_0-scsi-0\_0\_0\_0 E: ID\_REVISION=PMAP E: ID\_SERIAL=SanDisk\_SanDisk\_Ultra\_[censored for privacy reasons]-0:0 E: ID\_SERIAL\_SHORT=[censored for privacy reasons] E: ID\_TYPE=disk E: ID\_USB\_DRIVER=usb-storage E: ID\_USB\_INTERFACES=:080650: E: ID\_USB\_INTERFACE\_NUM=00 E: ID\_VENDOR=SanDisk E: ID\_VENDOR\_ENC=SanDisk\x20 E: ID\_VENDOR\_ID=0781 E: MAJOR=8 E: MINOR=96 E: SUBSYSTEM=block E: UDISKS\_PARTITION\_TABLE=1 E: UDISKS\_PARTITION\_TABLE\_COUNT=1 E: UDISKS\_PARTITION\_TABLE\_SCHEME=mbr E: UDISKS\_PRESENTATION\_NOPOLICY=0 E: USEC\_INITIALIZED=83772257093
mint@mint /media/mint/c6dc16a4-8ea0-470c-a196-d1eb5c84a170 $ sudo /lib/udev/udisks-part-id /dev/sdg using device\_file=/dev/sdg syspath=/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host19/target19:0:0/19:0:0:0/block/sdg, offset=0 ao=0 and number=0 for /dev/sdg Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=31625052160) MSDOS\_MAGIC found looking at part 0 (offset 4128768, size 31620923392, type 0x0c) new part entry looking at part 1 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry looking at part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry looking at part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry Exiting MS-DOS parser MSDOS partition table detected UDISKS\_PARTITION\_TABLE=1 UDISKS\_PARTITION\_TABLE\_SCHEME=mbr UDISKS\_PARTITION\_TABLE\_COUNT=1
mint@mint ~ $ hexdump -C sector0.bin 00000000 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 50 07 50 1f fc be 1b 7c |3.....|.P.P....|| 00000010 bf 1b 06 50 57 b9 e5 01 f3 a4 cb bd be 07 b1 04 |...PW...........| 00000020 38 6e 00 7c 09 75 13 83 c5 10 e2 f4 cd 18 8b f5 |8n.|.u..........| 00000030 83 c6 10 49 74 19 38 2c 74 f6 a0 b5 07 b4 07 8b |...It.8,t.......| 00000040 f0 ac 3c 00 74 fc bb 07 00 b4 0e cd 10 eb f2 88 |..\<.t...........| 00000050 4e 10 e8 46 00 73 2a fe 46 10 80 7e 04 0b 74 0b |N..F.s\*.F..~..t.| 00000060 80 7e 04 0c 74 05 a0 b6 07 75 d2 80 46 02 06 83 |.~..t....u..F...| 00000070 46 08 06 83 56 0a 00 e8 21 00 73 05 a0 b6 07 eb |F...V...!.s.....| 00000080 bc 81 3e fe 7d 55 aa 74 0b 80 7e 10 00 74 c8 a0 |..\>.}U.t..~..t..| 00000090 b7 07 eb a9 8b fc 1e 57 8b f5 cb bf 05 00 8a 56 |.......W.......V| 000000a0 00 b4 08 cd 13 72 23 8a c1 24 3f 98 8a de 8a fc |.....r#..$?.....| 000000b0 43 f7 e3 8b d1 86 d6 b1 06 d2 ee 42 f7 e2 39 56 |C..........B..9V| 000000c0 0a 77 23 72 05 39 46 08 73 1c b8 01 02 bb 00 7c |.w#r.9F.s......|| 000000d0 8b 4e 02 8b 56 00 cd 13 73 51 4f 74 4e 32 e4 8a |.N..V...sQOtN2..| 000000e0 56 00 cd 13 eb e4 8a 56 00 60 bb aa 55 b4 41 cd |V......V.`..U.A.| 000000f0 13 72 36 81 fb 55 aa 75 30 f6 c1 01 74 2b 61 60 |.r6..U.u0...t+a`| 00000100 6a 00 6a 00 ff 76 0a ff 76 08 6a 00 68 00 7c 6a |j.j..v..v.j.h.|j| 00000110 01 6a 10 b4 42 8b f4 cd 13 61 61 73 0e 4f 74 0b |.j..B....aas.Ot.| 00000120 32 e4 8a 56 00 cd 13 eb d6 61 f9 c3 49 6e 76 61 |2..V.....a..Inva| 00000130 6c 69 64 20 70 61 72 74 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 |lid partition ta| 00000140 62 6c 65 00 45 72 72 6f 72 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e |ble.Error loadin| 00000150 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 |g operating syst| 00000160 65 6d 00 4d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 |em.Missing opera| 00000170 74 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 00 00 00 00 00 |ting system.....| 00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| \* 000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 2c 44 63 98 bd 06 8b 00 00 00 00 |.....,Dc........| 000001c0 01 01 0c 57 58 ea 80 1f 00 00 80 60 ae 03 00 00 |...WX......`....| 000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| \* 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| 00000200
I’ve already installed Linux, via dd-ing my old Linux Mint 17.1 64-bit Cinnamon Live USB install from a USB 2.0 16GB SanDisk Cruzer flash drive to the new, RMA-ed, 32GB USB 3.0 SanDisk Cruzer Ultra. I’ve been booting off of it with no problems for days.
Instead of posting a link to the zipped sector 0, I’ll uuencode it and post it as a code comment below ( use uudecode to get the binary ) :
begin-base64 644 sector0-uudecoded.bin M8CO0LwAfPtQB1Af/L4bfL8bBlBXueUB86TLvb4HsQQ4bgB8CXUTg8UQ4vTN GIv1g8YQSXQZOCx09qC1B7QHi/CsPAB0/LsHALQOzRDr8ohOEOhGAHMq/kYQ gH4EC3QLgH4EDHQFoLYHddKARgIGg0YIBoNWCgDoIQBzBaC2B+u8gT7+fVWq dAuAfhAAdMigtwfrqYv8HleL9cu/BQCKVgC0CM0TciOKwSQ/mIreivxD9+OL 0YbWsQbS7kL34jlWCncjcgU5RghzHLgBArsAfItOAotWAM0Tc1FPdE4y5IpW AM0T6+SKVgBgu6pVtEHNE3I2gftVqnUw9sEBdCthYGoAagD/dgr/dghqAGgA fGoBahC0Qov0zRNhYXMOT3QLMuSKVgDNE+vWYfnDSW52YWxpZCBwYXJ0aXRp b24gdGFibGUARXJyb3IgbG9hZGluZyBvcGVyYXRpbmcgc3lzdGVtAE1pc3Np bmcgb3BlcmF0aW5nIHN5c3RlbQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAsRGOYvQaLAAAAAAEB DFdY6oAfAACAYK4DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVao= ====
I’m saving the HTML source of this message ( again ), in case someone tries to delete my posts again, for no good reason.
Regards,
jdb2
EDIT : Apparently the subject was too long – my posts were going to the bit bucket even when the forum CMS backend said that I had successfully posted a message. But, this SanDisk forum CMS software is ■■■■ and didn’t give me clue as to the problem.
