Can't mount pen drive
I am having trouble getting a USB pen drive to mount. I am running an
up-to-date Etch box.
My /etc/fstab is:
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump>
<pass>
/dev/hda2 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/vg1/swap none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/vg1/tmp /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/vg1/var /var ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/vg1/usr /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/vg1/home /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda1 /mnt/Sarge ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/vg0/tmp /mnt/Sarge/tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/vg0/var /mnt/Sarge/var ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/vg0/usr /mnt/Sarge/usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/vg0/home /mnt/Sarge/home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/temp vfat defaults,umask=0000,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/pen vfat user,umask=0000,noauto 0 0
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When I try to mount the drive I get the following error:
mns@xander:~$ mount /media/pen
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
I have, in fact, tried two separate pen drives with the same results.
The output from dmesg shows:
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usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-4.4: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-4.4: USB disconnect, address 7
usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-4.4: USB disconnect, address 8
usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
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It seems that the system is recognizing the drive as it is being plugged
in and unplugged, but that udev is not creating the device file for it.
Am I missing a driver, or what?
I noticed that usb_storage had not been loaded, so I did a 'modprobe
usb-storage and now dmesg shows:
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usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-4.4: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-4.4: USB disconnect, address 7
usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-4.4: USB disconnect, address 8
usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-4.4: USB disconnect, address 9
SCSI subsystem initialized
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb 4-4.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
usb 4-4.4: no configuration chosen from 1 choice
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but...
mns@xander:~$ mount /media/pen
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
As you can see, the drive still does not mount.
The output of lsmod is:
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mns@xander:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
usb_storage 70144 0
scsi_mod 122700 1 usb_storage
vfat 11648 0
fat 47068 1 vfat
it87 19172 0
hwmon_vid 2432 1 it87
i2c_isa 4608 1 it87
i2c_dev 8096 0
i2c_core 19536 3 it87,i2c_isa,i2c_dev
ipv6 218912 14
ppdev 8324 0
lp 10496 0
mousedev 10496 1
tsdev 7296 0
snd_intel8x0 29532 3
snd_ac97_codec 82848 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2112 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44128 0
snd_mixer_oss 15744 1 snd_pcm_oss
floppy 55916 0
snd_pcm 74504 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 20420 2 snd_pcm
usblp 12224 0
snd 46400 10
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8736 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9864 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
psmouse 34504 0
pcspkr 3012 0
rtc 11444 1
parport_pc 31728 1
parport 32008 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
serio_raw 6532 0
amd64_agp 11652 0
sis_agp 8196 1
shpchp 39424 0
pci_hotplug 24308 1 shpchp
agpgart 29296 2 amd64_agp,sis_agp
evdev 8832 0
ext3 117064 10
jbd 47316 1 ext3
mbcache 7684 1 ext3
dm_mirror 17460 0
dm_snapshot 15388 0
dm_mod 48180 12 dm_mirror,dm_snapshot
ide_generic 1216 0 [permanent]
ide_cd 35680 0
cdrom 32240 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 14720 5
sis900 20992 0
mii 5248 1 sis900
ehci_hcd 26952 0
ohci_hcd 17348 0
usbcore 111136 5 usb_storage,usblp,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
sis5513 12108 0 [permanent]
generic 4228 0 [permanent]
ide_core 111536 6
usb_storage,ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,sis5513,generic
thermal 13064 0
processor 21760 1 thermal
fan 4548 0
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Can anyone help me get this drive mounted. My wife really needs to get
to the data on the drive for work and it would really help if she could
do it from home.
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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com
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