Does anybody know how to mount a usb stick in Mandrake 9.2?
I know that useally mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb/ is working but in 9.2 there is not any /dev/sda* .

Most of the time MDK will configure everything for you.

Look at the output of the console command dmesg.

Do you see any messages about the memory stick?
Look for usb mass storage device

Are all of the USB modules loading? Check the output of the console command lsmod.

Try using the app KwikDisk - a little icon appears in the sys tray, and clicking on it and starting KdiskFree should let you mount the usb drive. If it isn't installed, open a console, su to root, type in urpmi kwikdisk and follow the instructions. That should install it for you.

I tried the usb stick in knoppix and i didn't have any problem. Knoppix mount the stick in /dev/sda1 .
In Mandrake i ran dmesg and the results (some of them, i skip a few) were :

usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 12:42:04 Sep 18 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd000, IRQ 21
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 21
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 21
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
ehci_hcd 00:10.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
ehci_hcd 00:10.3: irq 19, pci mem e0a86000
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ehci_hcd 00:10.3: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Jun-19/2.4
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 6 ports detected
usbdevfs: remount parameter error
...
hub.c: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 2
...
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-110)
...
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 4
...
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=4 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 5
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:11.5 to 64
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 6
...
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=6 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 7
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=7 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 8
...
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=8 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 9
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=9 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 10
...
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=10 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 11
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=11 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 12
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=12 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 13
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=13 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 14
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 15
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=15 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 16
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=16 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 17
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=17 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 18
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=18 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 19
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=19 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 20
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=20 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 21
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=21 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 22
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=22 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 23
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=23 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 24
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=24 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 25
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=25 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 26
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=26 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 27
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=27 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 28
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=28 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 29
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=29 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 30
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=30 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 31
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
....
....
...
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-5, assigned address 64
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=64 (error=-110)

mine's gone wacky as well.

i seriously don't know why. It was fine yesterday and now my laptop don't boot properly to linux

it keeps doing the diskdrake/scandisk thing

and stops at

Starting startup logger thingy

this is getting annoying.


all i wanted was an OS that works

Problem solved with the help of http://www.linux-usb.org and it's FAQ.
There was a problem with ACPI.

I tried to make USB Memory stick to work in my Mandrake 9.1.

Now the /mnt is empty (no floppy, cd or Windows C).
I tried to use (upgrade-menus -v) but it didn't help.

Can somebody help me to restore my /mnt folder

Look at /ets/fstab to see what is there.
You can use harddrake2 to see if the devices where found.
You can also try (as root) to mount the devices, for examble mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom .

So i did write in Consol: mount /dev/floppy/mnt/floppy and the answer for that was mount: can't find /dev/floppy/mnt/floppy in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

etc/fstab:
fs/dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2
none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0tab:


So what shall i do?

I see in your /etc/fstab that the devices were found.
Try to put a cdrom and go to /mnt/cdrom or put a floppy and go to /mnt/floppy.

Mount command is mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom with space between them.

You can see the manual pages, man mount .

Thanks, i solved the problem.
I just didn't make restart after uptade-menus -v, but now i turned computer on and everything was fine again. So actually the command update-menus -v did help.

P.S. I'm SUPER

I want to make USB Memory stick to work in my Mandrake 9.1.
I don't no but maybe the problem is in this that my laptop has usb 1.1 port but my usb memory stick is 2.0.

Please help, i want to it!!

OK antiqps...
Create a dir ex. /mnt/flash and add this line to fstab

/dev/sda /mnt/flash vfat user,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0

Now you can mount the stick with "mount /mnt/flash". If you are using gnome you can right-click your desktop and do "disks->flash" to mount/unmount it. In KDE right click your desktop and do "Create New->Device->Harddisk" and point it to /mnt/flash. Then you can mount/unmount by right-clicking it...

If you have trouble post back. If it works post back anyway so that other users know it worked.

greetings,
kamstrup

By the way... The usb2 vs. usb1.1 shouldn't be a problem. All most all usb2 sticks also support usb1.1 . If yours doesn't it would be really wierd...

until next time, tadaa!
kamstrup

It worked!
Thanx