Some reason I have not been able to get this new Lexar 256M Jumpdrive to work on my machine. I have Suse 8.2 with a newer 2.4.22 kernel.

I plug the flash drive into the USB slot and hwinfo shows

/usr/sbin/hwinfo --usb
03: USB 101.0: 10a00 Hub
[Created at usb.100]
Unique ID: B3Fu.q_6b19oiG+7
Hardware Class: hub
Model: "Linux 2.4.22 ehci_hcd nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: "Linux 2.4.22 ehci_hcd"
Device: "nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller"
Revision: "2.04"
Serial ID: "00:02.2"
USB GUID: 000000000000000fffffffe2
USB Device status: driver active ("hub")
Speed: 1.5 Mbps
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no

04: USB 201.0: 10a00 Hub
[Created at usb.100]
Unique ID: B3Fu.BELHVDE51y9
Hardware Class: hub
Model: "USB OHCI Root Hub"
Hotplug: USB
Device: "USB OHCI Root Hub"
Serial ID: "f89fc000"
USB GUID: 0000000000000000f89fc000
USB Device status: driver active ("hub")
Speed: 1.5 Mbps
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no

05: USB 202.0: 10900 Printer
[Created at usb.100]
Unique ID: Kns9.FXatIZUiItA
Hardware Class: printer
Model: "hp deskjet 5100"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x03f0 "HP"
Device: usb 0x6204
SubVendor: "hp"
SubDevice: "deskjet 5100"
Revision: "1.00"
Serial ID: "MY37I3P3GX7A"
USB GUID: 03f06204000162372393217a
USB Device status: driver active ("usblp")
Device File: /dev/usb/lp0
Speed: 1.5 Mbps
Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no
Attached to: #4 (Hub)

06: SCSI 206.0: 10600 Disk
[Created at usb.100]
Unique ID: B3Fu.QpXo+x2b4l9
Hardware Class: disk
Model: "LEXAR JUMPDRIVE"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: "LEXAR"
Device: "JUMPDRIVE"
Revision: "1.20"
Serial ID: "H541090107090"
USB GUID: 05dc00800011541090107090
Driver: "usb-storage"
Device File: /dev/sda
Speed: 1.5 Mbps
Drive status: no medium
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no
Attached to: #4 (Hub)

07: USB 301.0: 10a00 Hub
[Created at usb.100]
Unique ID: B3Fu.zMt_PxYY8k4
Hardware Class: hub
Model: "USB OHCI Root Hub"
Hotplug: USB
Device: "USB OHCI Root Hub"
Serial ID: "f89fe000"
USB GUID: 0000000000000000f89fe000
USB Device status: driver active ("hub")
Speed: 1.5 Mbps
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no

When I plug the drive in I get these messages in /var/log/messages

Nov 16 14:03:09 linux kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.0-3, assigned address 7
Nov 16 14:03:09 linux kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
Nov 16 14:03:09 linux kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 7
Nov 16 14:03:12 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-9
Nov 16 14:03:12 linux last message repeated 7 times
Nov 16 14:03:12 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-8
Nov 16 14:03:12 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-8
Nov 16 14:03:13 linux /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[6435]: Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.
Nov 16 14:03:13 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-8

Doing a mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash I get:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device


Ok, any ideas? what is the Can't locate module block-major-8 tied to? Do I need to fix that?

Thanks,

Brian

This worked for me on a jumpdrive trio ymmv:

Use sg_utils-1.04, compile and install

as root: ./sg_scan -i
this will output where the scsi device resides (eg. /dev/sg2)

then, ./sg_map
this will map /dev/sg2 (or whatever) to /dev/sda (or something similar)

Then mount the device:

mount -t msdos /dev/sda1 /mnt/jumpdrive


Hope that helps...

Thanks,

It finally occured to me what was wrong and it turned out that I did not have the SCSI drive support enabled as a module and it was trying to load sd_mod. Enabled that using make xconfig, recompiled the kernel and modules and it works now.

Brian