Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device
Thanks for your many inputs so far!
Are you sure /dev/sda1 is your usb stick and not your primary hard
disk? Do a tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plugin your memory
stick. That will give you some info as to what the actual device is.
Your are right, Raj, sda* is my harddisk. Shame on me...
Is kernel module usb_storage loaded (or built into the kernel)? What
version of Debian are you running? The real console, or a GUI? What
happens to syslog when you insert the memory stick?
Thanks, Ron, I did not 'modprobe usb_storage'. I am using etch and work
on the console.
Hitherto I learned a lot. But it still does not work. On the 'Konsole
Terminal
Programm' of KDE I did the folling things:
# tail -f /var/log/syslog
Then I inserted the stick...
Dec 2 12:28:29 ataraxia kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device
using uhci_hcd and address 7
Dec 2 12:28:30 ataraxia kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1
choice
Dec 2 12:28:30 ataraxia kernel: scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Dec 2 12:28:30 ataraxia kernel: usb-storage: device found at 7
Dec 2 12:28:30 ataraxia kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
settle before scanning
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: Vendor: USB 2.0 Model: Flash
Disk Rev: 2.00
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: SCSI device sdb: 249120 512-byte hdwr
sectors (128 MB)
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: SCSI device sdb: 249120 512-byte hdwr
sectors (128 MB)
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: sdb1
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable
disk sdb
Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
I tried also 'mount -t [ vfat | usbfs | ntfs ] /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb' but
only with poor results.
S.
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