12-29-2019, 06:44 PM
A correction: I tried Manjaro Linux, not Mandriva (don't know where of how Mandriva popped into my head).
belfastraven, in answer to some of your questions/suggestions:
Drive appears to be unchanged when I connect it back to my workstation after the failure to be recognized by the Pinebook Pro.
Same results on the USB C port and either of the USB 3 ports.
Tried blacklisting the uas module via the file /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf containing the single line "blacklist uas". Did not work. However, sudo modprobe uas and sudo modprobe usb_storage both do not load the modules. Is this a difference between x86_64 world and ARM world?
Maybe something like here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142202 is needed, removing the driver (if it is present) from initramfs? or is this another difference between x86_64 and ARM worlds with no initramfs in ARM world?
Arwen, thank you, the drive gets real toasty in its external case when connected to the Pinebook Pro, but not when connected to my workstation. "nvme list" however does not recognize it as a NVMe drive in the external case. I want to try it as an internal drive, but I (old man) fat-fingered the tiny cable connector on the main board and broke it. That will teach me not to use my magnifiers and a lighter touch!
belfastraven, in answer to some of your questions/suggestions:
Drive appears to be unchanged when I connect it back to my workstation after the failure to be recognized by the Pinebook Pro.
Same results on the USB C port and either of the USB 3 ports.
Tried blacklisting the uas module via the file /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf containing the single line "blacklist uas". Did not work. However, sudo modprobe uas and sudo modprobe usb_storage both do not load the modules. Is this a difference between x86_64 world and ARM world?
Maybe something like here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142202 is needed, removing the driver (if it is present) from initramfs? or is this another difference between x86_64 and ARM worlds with no initramfs in ARM world?
Arwen, thank you, the drive gets real toasty in its external case when connected to the Pinebook Pro, but not when connected to my workstation. "nvme list" however does not recognize it as a NVMe drive in the external case. I want to try it as an internal drive, but I (old man) fat-fingered the tiny cable connector on the main board and broke it. That will teach me not to use my magnifiers and a lighter touch!