errmm....

Actually, the problem with FAT32 was that my LINUX wouldn't recognize it, not that the mac wouldn't...and it turns out that I put FAT32 as the fs in /etc/fstab when everybody KNOWS it should be vfat...So the good news is that I put vfat in the proper place, and all of my computers were happy and started sharing the files on my usb drive. So everything's happily ever after, except me, because I'm embarrassed!

--boneglorious,
the vainglorious newbie!

Hi again,

<-- as you can probably see I'm running Mandrake 10. I have a Buffalo 128Mb Usb stick. I checked out the howto and got the thing working. Well, it worked once, then never again. I get some weird errors about "scsimon" when viewing the "tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages" output. When I try to mount the drive it just... does nothing

So, here's the "tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages" output:

Mar 22 22:01:12 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Mar 22 22:01:12 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Mar 22 22:01:12 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Mar 22 22:01:50 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: usb 5-8: new high speed USB device using address 2
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 modprobe: FATAL: Module scsimon not found.
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: Vendor: BUFFALO Model: ClipDrive Rev: 2.00
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: Current : sense key Unit Attention
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: Additional sense: Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: sda : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: Current sd: sense key Unit Attention
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: Additional sense: Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled
Mar 22 22:01:51 dsl-hkigw6id8 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 22 22:02:11 dsl-hkigw6id8 scsi.agent[4466]: Timeout on find type for device /sys//devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-8/5-8:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0

And here is my /etc/fstab:

/dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdb7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,ro 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync 0 0
/dev/hdg1 /mnt/wd vfat umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs nls=iso8859-15,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d ntfs nls=iso8859-15,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hde5 /mnt/win_e ntfs nls=iso8859-15,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda /mnt/usbstick vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb6 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0

All I know is that the problem has something to do with the word scsi
I'm so that I again need to ask you guys... what now?

Hmm... now this is getting a bit weird..

I just recompiled my kernel and the usb stick worked again.. for once. Still saying that scsimon is missing blahblah.. but it worked. Unmount it, unplug it, plug it, mount it=>nothing happens and I again get this error:

"Mar 22 22:02:11 dsl-hkigw6id8 scsi.agent[4466]: Timeout on find type for device /sys//devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-8/5-8:1.0/host0/0:0:0:0"

How is this possible? I think I don't have the time to recompile my kernel everytime I want to copy an ogg file to my buffalo stick Any ideas?

Daliz:
> dev/sda /mnt/usbstick vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0 0

Hmm, well, for one thing, you need to change sda to sda1 (that is, the first partition on sda). Never heard of scsimon.

Also, I had to remove the ",umask=0" from that line in my fstab for it to work correctly.

I am having another problem with a SanDisk Cruzer mini 128Mb. I saw someone also had this problem but I couldnt find an answer.
This is my problem, I am running Mandrake 9.2, and the USB devie seems to have problems when the kernel assigns an address. This is what i got:


]# tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages


Apr 12 13:27:09 ale kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.2-1, assigned address 14
Apr 12 13:27:09 ale kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 92
Apr 12 13:27:09 ale kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=14 (error=-110)
Apr 12 13:27:09 ale kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.2-1, assigned address 15
Apr 12 13:27:09 ale kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=15 (error=-110)
Apr 12 13:27:09 ale kernel: hub.c: connect-debounce failed, port 6 disabled
Apr 12 13:39:32 ale sshd(pam_unix)[2521]: session closed for user daniel
Apr 12 13:39:36 ale sshd(pam_unix)[3156]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=


nothing happens after this, I cannot see the device as /dev/sda or with the usbview command.

If anyone knows an answer, I would be grateful

thanks,

alevp

Hi, I have tried your "how to" everthing seems ok no error messages however when I plug the USB drive in this is what I get in the log....

Apr 13 16:41:21 jekyll kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 4
Apr 13 16:41:25 jekyll /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product d7d/1420/2
Apr 13 16:41:26 jekyll devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted

Nothing about the drive being sda1, in fact I seem to be missing several lines.............

any suggestions, totally new at linux so don't want to just start DIYing.

thanks
running rh9.0
kernel 2.4.20-30.9
machine i686
kde 3.1-13 rh
Bob

Hey all,

I have a usb drive that has a bootable Linux on it. Now, the problem is that my BIOS does not support boot from the USB drive.

So is there any way for me to boot my usb drive?

Need help asap.

Thanks.

hi !!!!
soon i go crazy ;-)
i have got the redhat 9A distribution.
i cannot mount my usbstick : pny attache 256MB

my errormessages:

tail -s3 -f /var/log/messages
kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1732
kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1605
kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1466
kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1333
kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1200
kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 70000
kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 6
kernel: unable to read partition table



lsusb -v

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.00
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 2 USB UHCI Root Hub
iSerial 1 b400
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x40
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 8
bInterval 255
Language IDs: (length=4)
0000 (null)((null))

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.00
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 2 USB UHCI Root Hub
iSerial 1 b000
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.00
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 2 USB UHCI Root Hub
iSerial 1 b000
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x40
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 8
bInterval 255
Language IDs: (length=4)
0000 (null)((null))

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.00
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 2 USB UHCI Root Hub
iSerial 1 ac00
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x40
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 8
bInterval 255
Language IDs: (length=4)
0000 (null)((null))

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0d7d:1300 Apacer
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 Interface
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0d7d Apacer
idProduct 0x1300
bcdDevice 0.50
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2 USB DISK 2.0
iSerial 3 073C082202A5
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
MaxPower 200mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
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 64
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 64
bInterval 0
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)

what can i do ........

thx

Is there a command that makes the machine check for new devices on the USB bus? im having a problem that when i plug in my pendrive, the machine doesn't recognize that i plugged it in. There is nothing in the log file or dmesg and it doesn't load the usb_storage modules, i have to do that manually. Any ideas?

Thanks mate clear and consistant.

Arny!

Hi. Believe it or not, my Cruzer 256 Mb is not working

I've mkdir /mnt/sandisk, did modprobe usb-storare and I've modified my fstab file. Here are the commands needed and their output :

bash-2.05b# tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages
Jun 21 20:34:35 candyland pppd[1404]: local IP address 207.253.110.193
Jun 21 20:34:35 candyland pppd[1404]: remote IP address 207.253.110.5
Jun 21 20:34:35 candyland pppd[1404]: primary DNS address 205.151.222.250
Jun 21 20:34:35 candyland pppd[1404]: secondary DNS address 205.151.222.251
Jun 21 20:40:04 candyland kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jun 21 20:40:04 candyland kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jun 21 20:40:04 candyland kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jun 21 20:40:04 candyland kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jun 21 20:40:04 candyland kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jun 21 20:52:57 candyland -- MARK --

And then I pop my Cruzer in. Nothing happens after a 10 minute wait.

bash-2.05b# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 9728 78140128+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 79656 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 58129 29296984+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 58130 59098 488376 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb3 59099 79656 10361232 83 Linux

No SCSI device to be seen...

bash-2.05b# lsusb -v
Unknown line at line 1809
Duplicate HUT Usage Spec at line 2650

How useful is that...

Simply put : I'm at total loss here. Anybody would care to help ?

What happens when you do
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sandisk

That alone should have gotten you working.

Glad I skipped on to the end of this thread, thanks LinuxLala. Using Mandrake 10, popped an icon up right away onto the Desktop that worked. Now, is there a way to make it auto mount when I plug it in. I notice when I plug in my webcam Gnomemeeting auto pops up onto the desktop without a command.

see if there is an option to "boot other" in your BIOS. if not you could try specifying device(s) that you know won't boot, like hdd3 if you have a cdrom in the slave of IDE channel 2. some BIOSes will actually keep looking for boot devices after they've failed to find the ones you specify.

i discovered this by accident on an older computer that i had my own drive loaded and didn't want anyone playing with it.. well i forgot to tell the bios to boot up the drive for everyone else and removed my own drive. this led to the computer finding nothing specified to boot and eventually kept looking till it found a bootable LAN drive on a lab computer a building away.

my experience with my crappy Dell 64MB flash drive is that when i plug it into either Mandy 10 or Lindows it shows up on the desktop just like a mac would read it. i've never had to mess with formatting the flash drive, i believe it's FAT32.

Hello, all!

Like others have mentioned here, flash drives worked fine in RH 8. In RH 9, I still can't make my system accept a USB device.

The error I get is as follows:

Aug 22 05:13:07 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Aug 22 05:13:07 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Aug 22 05:13:07 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Aug 22 05:14:37 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 3
Aug 22 05:14:37 localhost kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1314
Aug 22 05:14:38 localhost kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
Aug 22 05:14:38 localhost kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
(The first few lines of this was when I loaded usb-storage with modprobe).

After this, it just sits there and I have to reboot in order to make it do it again.

Any suggestions????

Thank you!

coolingtower