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codifex · 05-19-2004, 01:48 AM

After finding out the /dev/sda1 was the likely devicename, getting it working was a breeze.

I do have unmount problems sometimes but the device stores the data and works as advertised.

Standard drivers: usbstorage

Ghost_runner · 07-01-2004, 01:44 PM

Had to format under windows xp to change it from a raw device. Took a while for linux to pick it up, until i editied /etc/fstab and removed the search for an ext3 partiton on removable drives.

stryker13 · 07-19-2004, 02:58 PM

I left it as it was preformatted - FAT and it works fine. With Mdk 9.2 it is automatically mounted and an icon appears on the desktop. However, in order to write to it, I must su - to root and open up konqueror on /mnt/removable. Mandrake doesn't automatically unmount it, and if you leave it like that the icon will stay on the desktop permanently (it will think it is always there & mounted) so I unmount it when I'm done. It works great though.

rhb327 · 11-21-2004, 07:25 AM

I used Niko Sauer's "USB Flash Memory HOWTO" to dual partition this device. Everyting worked flawlessly. I use KDE and wanted icon click access to mount so I added Zip device icons and they seem to work well with both my vfat and ext2 partition that are on the device.

angryfirelord · 07-25-2006, 09:51 AM

No issues here except I had to edit my fstab for Slack. Works fine now. Other distros were plug n play.

To set it up in Slack:
Add new folder to mnt and call it lexar_media.
Add line to fstab:

Code:

/dev/sda1        /mnt/lexar_media vfat        ro               0   0

Regardless, it works in Linux.