Flash Device goes missing after a while

[Nokoff]

I've been having a problem with the flash drive mysteriously vanishing after an undetermined period of time.

 

Symptoms

- \\Tower\flash is empty

- Docker displays missing .cfg error message

- See attachment

 

If I reboot the server, flash is detected and all is well.

 

Any ideas what could be the matter? Flash drive dying maybe?

[Squid]

If you look at your syslog after the flash disappears, you'll probably see a bunch of "Directory Bread" errors.

 

What solved it for me was to boot the flash drive from a USB2 port instead of a USB3.

 

If you search the forums for Directory Bread, you'll find some other suggestions as well.