On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:28:52 +0200
Anders Hjalmarsson <hjalmar@hjalmar.to> wrote:

>
> 
> My Ericsson phone is similar, I get the 'drive offline' message, but
> I can mount it without problems anyway.
> Part of dmesg:
> 
> umass0 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 8
> umass0: Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson K750, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 5
> umass0: using ATAPI over Bulk-Only
> atapibus1 at umass0: 2 targets
> sd0 at atapibus1 drive 0: <Sony Eri, Memory Stick, 0000> disk
> removable sd0: drive offline
> sd0: fabricating a geometry
> 
The "drive offline" seems to be a common transient; I get that with my
iPod nano, too, but it always mounts immediately.



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