[issue975] grml2usb and not removable USB keys

[Michael Prokop]

Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> added the comment:

* Christian Hofstaedtler wrote in grml's BTS on 20110320 / 13:14:

> grml2usb sometimes complains that the target isn't a removable device, when this 
> is clearly not the case.

Yes.

> We should at least document what the underlying issue is, and if there was a bug 
> in earlier grml2usb versions, than that too.

grml2usb checks for /sys/class/block/sdX/removable and if there's
"1" inside it's detected as removable device, otherwise not.
Problem: some usb keys (wrongly) claim to be non-removable devices
(the Grml key suffers from this for example as well).

Could we safely consider usb drives to be *always* removable devices?

regards,
-mika-

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messages: 3707, 3709
nosy: ch
priority: wish
status: chatting
title: grml2usb and not removable USB keys
topic: grml2usb

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