On 2004.10.3, at 02:28 AM, Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens wrote:

> Florian Stoehr wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi list, I've installed NetBSD 2.0 RC1,
>>> namely "NetBSD  2.0_RC1 NetBSD 2.0_RC1 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Sep 30  
>>> 08:32:31
>>> UTC 2004
>>> autobuild@tgm.netbsd.org:/autobuild/netbsd-2-0/i386/OBJ/autobuild/ 
>>> netbsd-2-0/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
>>> i386"
>>> When I put in my USB memory stick, the kernel says :
>>> Oct  2 15:51:56  /netbsd: umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1  
>>> interface 0
>>> Oct  2 15:51:56  /netbsd:
>>> Oct  2 15:51:56  /netbsd: umass0: USB Solid state disk, rev  
>>> 1.10/1.00,
>>> addr 2
>>> Oct  2 15:51:56  /netbsd: umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>>> Oct  2 15:51:56  /netbsd: umass0: no buffer memory
>>>
>>> Can't mount, can't fdisk, nothing ?
>>>
>>> A serious error ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hm, have a look at this list during the last weeks, a well-known bug.  
>> Just
>> plug in the device at boot time - or try to "defrag" the memory - or  
>> have
>> a look the the mailing list archive for details.
>>
>> -Florian
>>
> What meens defrag memory ?
> Isn't that a show-stopper ?

Sort of but not quite, according to someone in a thread on umass  
buffers somewhere in this search results page:

     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=netbsd-users&w=2&r=1&s=umass&q=b