usb device file
Hi. I switched to Debian about a month ago. I set up a minimalistic
Lenny system for my desktop, using Fluxbox for my WM. (Very happy with
Debian -- switched all my servers over as well.)
I'm also trying to learn how to manually mount my usb memory sticks. I
don't want to use ivman, usbmount, or DE tools, but instead I want to
learn how to do it on my own in Debian. I've actually done it once or
twice in another distro, but I'm having problems in Debian.
When I plug in my usb stick, this is what pops up in syslog:
Oct 20 01:40:52 holmes kernel: [491131.244427] usb 2-2: new full speed
USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.442970] usb 2-2: not running at
top speed; connect to a high speed hub
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.455035] usb 2-2: configuration #1
chosen from 1 choice
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.457352] scsi23 : SCSI emulation
for USB Mass Storage devices
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.458192] usb 2-2: New USB device
found, idVendor=0ea0, idProduct=2168
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.458198] usb 2-2: New USB device
strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.458201] usb 2-2: Product: Flash Disk
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.458203] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: USB
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.458205] usb 2-2: SerialNumber:
60B83E19C8F200AF
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.458481] usb-storage: device found
at 4
Oct 20 01:40:53 holmes kernel: [491131.458485] usb-storage: waiting for
device to settle before scanning
Oct 20 01:40:58 holmes kernel: [491136.456765] usb-storage: device scan
complete
Oct 20 01:40:58 holmes kernel: [491136.460659] scsi 23:0:0:0:
Direct-Access Simple Tech Flash Disk 2.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.537005] ready
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.581586] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde] 231085
512-byte hardware sectors (118 MB)
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.627976] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde] Write
Protect is off
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.627976] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde] Mode
Sense: 03 00 00 00
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.627976] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde]
Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.791537] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde] 231085
512-byte hardware sectors (118 MB)
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.838570] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde] Write
Protect is off
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.838577] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde] Mode
Sense: 03 00 00 00
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.838580] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde]
Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491137.838583] sde: sde1
Oct 20 01:40:59 holmes kernel: [491138.069701] sd 23:0:0:0: [sde]
Attached SCSI removable disk
However, there is no sde block file available in /dev. The closest
things are sda, sdb, sdc, and sdd. I try mount using these device
files, but the message I always get is 'mount: No medium found'.
Udev is what creates the device file, right? Why isn't it creating an
sde or sde1 device file for me? I spent a lot of time googling about
this, but all the tutorials I found on mounting assume that /dev/sde
already exists.
I get basically the same results when I try a different usb stick.
--
Christopher Howard
choward@indicium.us
http://www.indicium.us
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