[iyonix-support] Re: Ambiguous disc name with pen drive
- From: charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:51:26 +0100
In article <207aa1414e.SoftInfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jeremy Brayshaw <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all!
> I have a problem with a pen drive on my Iyonix. It is recognised
> without problem when plugged in for the first time (after a power-up
> of the Iyo). All save/read actions work perfectly!
> But if I dismount it on the Iyo, move it to the Mac (or Windross),
> then back to the Iyo, it reports "Ambiguous disc name" when trying to
> open it.
> I'm always careful to make sure I dismount the pen drive before I
> unplug it, but it seems this action is failing to 'forget' the disc
> name.
> It's fine if I just dismount and remove the pen drive, then put it
> back in the Iyo, but if it's been to the Mac the error occurs. The Mac
> seems to automatically write a few silly files to it as soon as it
> sees it (things like 'ignore_my_docs') but surely dismounting from the
> Iyo first should erase all record of it in the Iyo, so if it's
> re-plugged in - even with these new files on - it should treat it as a
> disc it's not seen before? Isn't this one of the purposes of
> 'dismount'?
> RO 5.11
> USB 2
> All Iyo upgrades applied
> Pen drive: SanDisk Cruzer Micro 512Mb
Have you tried re-booting the Iyo? I had a similar sort of problem with a
card from my camera.
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