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Old 05-19-2005, 12:10 PM   #1
guillaume31
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USB flash drive mounting problem


Hi,

I've just bought an USB flash drive (Kingston Datatraveler II Plus). I thought that a simple "mount /dev/sda1/ /mnt/usbkey" under root was enough to play with the stuff. But no. I'm fighting for one hour to try to figure out how to acceed the drive.

Doing this, I get:
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

I'm running RH9, and when I plug the USB key, the following appears in
/var/log/messages:
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May 19 18:06:01 tocai devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
May 19 18:06:01 tocai kernel: hub.c: connect-debounce failed, port 6 disabled
May 19 18:06:04 tocai kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-1, assigned address 5
May 19 18:06:07 tocai /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product 951/1601/100
May 19 18:06:08 tocai devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
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The device seems recognized. A /sbin/lsusb gives:
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Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0951:1601 Kingston Technology
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 Interface
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0951 Kingston Technology
idProduct 0x1601
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 Kingston
iProduct 2 DataTraveler II+
iSerial 3 5B511D0387DA
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 39
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
MaxPower 200mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 512
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 512
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 64
bInterval 4
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)
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But I have no idea on how to get this stuff working... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance !

Guillaume
 
Old 05-19-2005, 05:17 PM   #2
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Note it works fine with my old Mandrake 9 on my laptop: just did: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy

So what's wrong with my destop under RH9????

Guillaume
 
Old 05-19-2005, 05:21 PM   #3
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Do you have the module usb-storage installed? Try the following thread and see whether you get better results.....
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ht=mount+flash
 
Old 05-20-2005, 04:03 AM   #4
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Not working.

I've tried to do:

modprobe usb-storage
to add the line: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0 0
in /etc/fstab
Then mkdir /mnt/usbkey

and: mount /mnt/usbkey

Which gives me the same result:
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

...

Guillaume
 
Old 05-23-2005, 12:47 PM   #5
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Recompilation of the kernel

I think I'll have to recompile the kernel with SCSI support. I've been convinced by the webpage: http://www.fredshome.org/Linux/UnoMas/ (see output of cat /proc/scsi/scsi below)

The only thing is that I've never done this (compilation of the kernel), so any advice and link to easy to use recipe to do it are welcome.
In particular, I was wondering if I can take advantage of that to update it, knowing that I'm running the version 2.4.20-8 with RH9. If so, which one to use? (see http://www.kernel.org/)

Many thanks in advance,
Guillaume

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tocai:~> cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: CD-RW GCE-8481B Rev: C102
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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