dennis mkdir /mnt/flash then dmesg gives WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 4 sdb: Unit Not Ready, sense: Current 00:00: sns = 70 6 ASC=28 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x28 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 SCSI device sdb: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented scsi: device set offline - command error recover failed: host 2 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 SCSI disk error : host 2 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 6050000 I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 2 I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 64 root@slackware:/# seems like i should stop here. mike --- Dennis Kibbe wrote: > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:16:56 -0700 (PDT) > mike hoy wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to see the files on my external usb > harddrive. > > on slackware 10. > > > > would also like to see my flash card. > > > > i believe they are both in vfat. i know the usb > > harddrive is vfat. > > > > Mike > > > And. . . > > Are you just wishful thinking or actully looking for > assistance, Mike? > > Here's how you do it. (NOTE: I talk about digital > cameras ans Memory Sticks here, all usb drives > (either flash or hard) work about the same.) > > 1. "/sbin/lsusb" will list what's on the USB bus. > In the case of my Sony Vaio I get this: > > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 054c:0056 Sony Corp. > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. > Optical Mouse > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04a9:1050 Canon, Inc > > The first is the Memory Stick socket, next is the > mouse and the last is my printer, if the printer is > turned on. This tells us that the system "sees" USB > devices. To confirm the right modules are loaded > run "/sbin/lsmod". Here's what I get: > > usb-storage > printer > keybdev > mousedev > hid > usbmouse > input > uhci > usbcore > > The modules you need loaded for USB to work are, of > course, usbcore, uhci (or ohci, an alternate, I > think) and usb-storage. > > 2. If the output of these commands look similar to > mine, you should be ready to try mounting the > device. > > 3. Let's make a mount point for the device using: > > mkdir /mnt/ms > > or if attaching your digital camera, it might be: > > mkdir /mnt/cam > > 4. Now plug in (and turn on, if needed) the device > > 5. Run "dmesg" and you should see output something > like this: > > hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-1, assigned address 2 > scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > Vendor: Casio Model: QV DigitalCamera Rev: > 5010 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI > SCSI revision: 02 > Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi2, channel > 0, id 0, lun 0 > SCSI device sdb: 494080 512-byte hdwr sectors (253 > MB) > sdb: Write Protect is off > sdb: sdb1 > > Great! The device (here a camera) has been > recognised *and* assigned the all important device > name, sdb1. Without the sd a,b,c,d,etc.> you can't > continue. > > 6. We're in a hurry so let's hand mount the device > for now by typing: > > mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /mnt/cam > > now: > > ls /mnt/cam > > and you should see the contents of the flash card in > the camera. First time out you're need to do this as > root. > > 7. Now to unmount the device when we're done > > umount /mnt/cam > > Note: You won't be able to unmount if you cd'ed to > /mnt/cam or a program is using a file on that > directory, make sure to cd home before unmounting. > > 8. Now let's automate things by adding this line to > /etc/fstab > > /dev/sdb1 /mnt/cam auto > noauto,user 0 0 > > "auto" lets the system try to guess the file format > of the device and "noauto" tells the system that > this is a removable device and not to try to mount > it at boot. "user" allows an ordinary user to mount > the device, otherwise only root can mount. You can > use vfat as the file format if the device is fat32. > That way long file names will be preserved. > > The 2.4 kernel sometimes reassigned device names for > usb devices (no persistant naming as in 2.6) so you > can rerun dmesg if a device doesn't mount to see > what's going on. Also, you can have more tha one > entry in fstab to handle the situation. So in our > example above if the camera sometimes shows up as > sda1 just creat a second fstab entry like this: > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/cam auto > noauto,user 0 0 > > That system will be able to mount it either way. > > Dennisk > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ===== My site http://www.solodiver.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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