On Wed 08 Nov 2017 at 00:12:40 (+0100), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Kent West wrote: > > fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdc: No medium found > > So we really have one bad piece of hardware.
In the past I've had the odd USB port die on me but then come back to life. I don't remember whether rebooting was enough; it might have taken an overnight rest. I'm trying to recall what hardware I would have been plugging into it at that time; probably cheap and nasty MP3 players: a noname gift from MBNA credit cards, an Aigo from Maplin, an ALi from Tesco. Real Intel mobo in the PC though. Cheers, David.