Re: help identifying a USB data stick

[Robert Cates <robert@kormar.de>]

buffoon@buffoon.homelinux.org wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got debian etch running as a server (no GUI at all) and I'd like to
> > use my USB data stick to transfer files, but I cannot seem to find it
> > under /dev .  Do I need to, or should I, install an auto-mount package,
> > i.e. would it make access easier?  Are there more than one auto-mount
> > type of packages available?  I found am-utils, which was one result of
> > 1314 for "auto" when I searched the available packages.
> >
> > Also, dmesg | grep usb gives me:
> >
> > usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
> > usbcore: registered new driver hub
> > usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
> > usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> > usb-storage: device found at 2
> > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> > usb-storage: device scan complete
> >
> > but I don't know how to translate this into a /dev/.. device.?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help!
> > Robert
> >
> >
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> Try to do a "dmesg | tail" after a few seconds when you plugged in the USB
> Device. You should see something like:
>
> sdc: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
> sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
> SCSI device sdc: 2055290 512-byte hdwr sectors (1052 MB)
> sdc: Write Protect is off
> sdc: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
> sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
>  sdc: sdc1
> sd 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdc
> sd 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
>
> And there you can see what device it is. This should be betwwen the 2 last
> lines in your post but as you grepped for "usb" you didn't see them.
>
> Greets
> buffoon
>
>
>   
Thanks for the tip/info.  My dmesg shows:

SCSI subsystem initialized
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
 Vendor:           Model: MediBase          Rev: 1100
 Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
usb-storage: device scan complete
SCSI device sda: 8125440 512-byte hdwr sectors (4160 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 8125440 512-byte hdwr sectors (4160 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda

but unlike yours, it does not say - usb-storage: device scan complete
Now, what's the best way to get this mounted and usable?  Should I 
install am-utils for example?  I've tried various ways of using the 
mount command, but I'm not getting it right (mounted).

Thanks,
Robert