USB-stick fails to mount: device descriptor read/64 error...

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USB-stick fails to mount: device descriptor read/64 error...

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[PROBLEM]
Trying to mount a USB storage on Linux, fails with syslog message:
...device descriptor read/64, error -110...
It looks like a problem of the USB device, since it reset after a certain time, but according to /proc, the usb device is registered correctly.

Unfortunately, the scsi mod fails to mount partitions of this stick and causes an usb-device reset (ugly).

The actual reason for this mass storage device failing is the existance of a strange "secure" partition.

[SOLUTION]
Remove this "secure partition".

Unfortunately it seems that this is not possible under linux. You must use a proprietary configuration tool, that's located on the USB stick: "usbdiskpro winbinary".
Lucky us, the version on the stick itself (264) was NOT able to delete this partition. :evil:
Using USB Disk Pro v265 was finally able to "remove" this secure partition:

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run program > configure size > set secure area size to 0 MB.
One should also deactivate other security settings like password protection, locking, etc...
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