How to make slackware linux recognize USB removable devices and net prob

jsky_20 · 09-19-2006, 03:10 PM

I have an HP-DV1000. I installed slackware 10.2 and then installed kernel 2.6.15.4m-acpi- with its modues and the ipw2200 firmware. I want to know how I can make it recogniize the removable devices as USB pren-drives and external HDD. Also WIFI manager found my net connection but doesn't connect because it doesn't retreive the comp IP. Also the system doesn't recognize my LAN card.

lurko · 09-19-2006, 09:19 PM

if you run dmesg after plugging in these devices(the usb ones at least), you should see them getting recognized (and their /dev address). I believe you'll need to have /etc/init.d/rc.hotplug executable (running at startup) for this to happen though.

Kristijan · 09-19-2006, 10:17 PM

You'll usually find that Linux will detect the USB drive as /dev/sda1 etc...

You can grab the exact path from dmesg - dmesg | grep -i sda

Once you know that, just mount as per normal.

-Kristijan

jsky_20 · 09-19-2006, 11:14 PM

I ran the command dmesg and it recognized my usb pen drive and external hdd but didn't appear in etc/fstab/ or in KDE in storague devices I wil try the last reply advice later, but if doesn't work, what other alternative i have? thank you for the advice

Zmyrgel · 09-19-2006, 11:25 PM

You need to make the entries in the fstab yourself, they don't automagically appear

or you can manually mount them like "mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb" Just make sure you have the directory /mnt/usb created before that.