heya, i have it running fine, and i'm balthasar[~]00:13:09$ uname -a Linux balthasar 2.4.19 #1 Sat Nov 16 15:49:07 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux but i believe i've had it working on 2.4.18 as well. i believe you just need more modules installed. here's an edited output of my lsmod, maybe you need some of these other modules loaded too, like usbcore or usb-uhci? balthasar[~]00:13:14$ /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted usb-storage 97744 0 (unused) usb-uhci 20908 0 (unused) usbcore 54112 0 [hid usb-uhci] vfat 9276 0 (autoclean) fat 29080 0 (autoclean) [vfat] sd_mod 9932 0 (autoclean) scsi_mod 80296 1 [sd_mod] if this isn't the case, try doing a tail -f /var/log/messages before you plug it in, then plug it in, and take a look at whatever it says for clues hth sean On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:46:44PM +0800, Dai Yuwen wrote: > Hi, All > > I've a 64M USB flash disk. I searched the internet, and did the following > steps: > > 1. plug USB disk into my PC > 2. modprobe sg usb-storage > > Then I tried to mount it: > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt > > But a messages said `/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device'. > > Then I checked this file: > > 3. cat /proc/scsi/scsi > Attached device: none > > I use the stock kernel image of debian: > uname -r > 2.4.18-686 > > I also found some info that said kernel 2.4.18 had some problem in USB. Is > that true? If yes, I'll have to compile another version of Linux kernel. > Any idea? Thanks in advance. > > best regards, > Dai Yuwen > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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