Need help mounting a flashdrive on Sid

walterbyrd · 10-25-2007, 01:17 PM

As I remember, it used to use /dev/sd1

But now, I don't seem to have anything /dev/sd*

I am running IceWM.

I installed: udev, usbutils, usbmount, pmount, usbview.

I have a USB mouse, and that works fine.

Any insight about how debian view usb would be appreciated.

# dmesg | grep -i usb
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
input: Cypress Sem PS2/USB Browser Combo Mouse as /class/input/input1
input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Cypress Sem PS2/USB Browser Combo Mouse] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver

pljvaldez · 10-25-2007, 01:40 PM

Once you plug it in, try fdisk -l as root to see whether the drive was recognized. It should be /dev/sda (or sdb, sdc, etc).

farslayer · 10-25-2007, 01:43 PM

Are the appropriate modules loaded ?

Code:

it-etch:~# lsmod | grep usb
usb_storage            71840  0
scsi_mod              124168  5 sg,usb_storage,sd_mod,ahci,libata
usbhid                 37248  0
ide_core              110504  5 usb_storage,ide_generic,ide_cd,generic,atiixp
usbcore               112644  5 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd

Is the USB drive identified when you plug it in ?

Code:

it-etch:~# tail -f -n2 /var/log/messages  - Run this command BEFORE plugging in the drive
Oct 25 14:09:43 it-etch -- MARK --
Oct 25 14:29:43 it-etch -- MARK --
Oct 25 14:36:30 it-etch kernel: usb 6-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
Oct 25 14:36:30 it-etch kernel: usb 6-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 25 14:36:30 it-etch kernel: scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel:   Vendor: USB 2.0   Model: Flash Disk        Rev: 1100
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel: SCSI device sdb: 3963904 512-byte hdwr sectors (2030 MB)
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel: SCSI device sdb: 3963904 512-byte hdwr sectors (2030 MB)
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
Oct 25 14:36:35 it-etch kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0

Code:

it-etch:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1         851     6835626   83  Linux
/dev/sda2             852       19452   149412532+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5             852        1181     2650693+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            1182       19452   146761776   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 2029 MB, 2029518848 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 246 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1         246     1975963+   6  FAT16

you can also look to see if the USB sub-system can identify the drive.. .

Code:

it-etch:~# lsusb
Bus 006 Device 006: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Memory Bar
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0557:7000 ATEN International Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

That should give you a start in tracking down what is missing.. and what the system can see.