Fri, 17 Sep 2004

mp3 player screwed up. not happy. read up on it. fixed it. happier

Copying files to it it messed up with a kernel error: 
Sep 16 17:59:10 scion kernel: usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using address 8
Sep 16 17:59:15 scion kernel: usb 2-1: control timeout on ep0out
Sep 16 17:59:20 scion kernel: usb 2-1: control timeout on ep0out
Sep 16 17:59:21 scion kernel: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 6 channel 0 id 0 lun
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Sep 16 17:59:21 scion kernel: SCSI error : <6 0 0 0> return code = 0x50000
Sep 16 17:59:21 scion kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 516608
Sep 16 17:59:21 scion kernel: >scsi6 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device
which is linux talk for "this thing is messed up".

After that the device was acting wierd.. veeeerrryy slow. except for the volume change and config submenus. I mean like 30 seconds for button presses to take effect. After ages I could also mount the file system but then cannot read errors andwierd USB errors occured more.. I guess the FAT filesystem was corrupted and the thing was tying itself in knots trying to scan it.

I couldn't find the manual so I hunted for info on unjamming these on the 'net.. as this thing closely resembles an iRiver a found their manual for the similar looking device - and it was the same manual, except with the iRiver references taken out. Reading the faqs on this device and it mentions reformatting it via win2k. I had already tried dosfsck on linux to no avail, but formated using a win2k box... even though the format errors out at the end, the result was the device worked fine.. in fact it works faster than when I got it, leading me to believe the filesystem on it may have been already slightly corrupt to start with. So at least I know not to use this as primary storage as filesystem corruption is easy to cause (but easy to fix).

At least I know this is a clone or no-name version of the iRiver iFP 300 series players .. although I am not game to try any of the firmware updates.

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