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Old 05-21-2005, 07:25 AM   #1
kritulrathod
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How to acess USB devices on RHL 9


Hello every one,

I am using RHL 9, when it boots up it detects my cell phone (Motorola E398) attached to the USB connector, however i don't know how to acess the phone after the system has booted correctly.

Can anyone guide me on how to access usb devices.

Thank you,
Kritz.
 
Old 05-21-2005, 07:43 AM   #2
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Hi,

I have used my USB mini drive with RHL9, but then I dont assume responsibility if the same way of access doesnt work with any other USB device.

USB devices are SDA devices and not IDE as is the hard drive.

So, if you want to use a USB device, then you should be "mounting" the USB device ...

If you have only one USB device running at that time, then I understand that the device would usually be represented as /dev/sda(as is with my case).

So if you want to mount /dev/sda, and use the data in the USB device, then try the following command:

mount -t vfat (if you want vfat access) /dev/sda "target directory"

Before you do this, run kudzu as root once, so that an entry for the newly found USB device is first made in the "/etc/sysconfig/hwconf" file..

Hope this helps.

Regards
 
Old 05-21-2005, 08:06 AM   #3
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Thanks,

but, the problem is still not solved, actually i couldn't find /sda under /dev. and the mount command ended up giving folloeing error message.

$mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/moto
mount: /dev/sda is not a valid block device

Please guide me!!

Regards,
 
Old 05-21-2005, 08:10 AM   #4
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Hi,

Hope you ran Kudzu before making this attempt...

Regards.
 
Old 05-21-2005, 08:14 AM   #5
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Yes I did, and it detected the phone as well. i selected configure.

But i dont have the /sda directory inside /dev.

Thanks,
 
  


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