Re: help usb floppy

["Tyler J. Evans" <te8 axe humboldt edu>]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Mette Sorensen wrote:

> Hi again

In the command 

/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda

the option is the letter "l", not the number "1"  You should get something 
like

[root@ evans]# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 2 heads, 16 sectors, 247 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 32 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *         1       246      3922+   1  FAT12


> when I write mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy with
> the right spaces it prints: 
> 
> mount: mount point /mnt/floppy does not exist
> 

as root, do 

cd /mnt
mkdir floppy

then 

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy

if it mounts, then it should show up as /sda1 when you do a df


when you plug in the usb drive and power it up, what is the output of the 
dmesg command?

I should also tell you that I am far from a linux expert, I have learned 
quite a bit about usb drives from mounting my digital camera(s).  I am 
sorry in advance if my "help" is more frustrating then helpful.

( and I am 
sorry for cluttering up the list !!!)

> 
> 
>  --- "Tyler J. Evans" <te8 axe humboldt edu> wrote: >
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Mette Sorensen wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Tyler
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help I really appreciate it
> > > 
> > > WHEN ENTER: cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> > > it prints
> > > T: Bus=01 Lev=00 prnt=00 port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=...
> > > etc
> > > S:product=USB UHCI root Hub
> > > S:Serial Number=10c0
> > > later it writes
> > > I: If#=0 Alt=0 ~EPs=3 Cls=08(stor) Sub=04 Port=00
> > > driver=usb-storage
> > 
> > This looks good (driver=usb-storage).  There is no
> > line that is something 
> > like
> > 
> > S:  Manufacturer=whatever the man. name of your usb
> > floppy is ??
> > 
> > > 
> > > WHEN ENTER: mount -t vfat/dev/sda1/mnt/floppy
> > > 
> > what is the output?  By the way, the spaces in \
> > 
> > 	mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy
> > 
> > are important!  te
> > 
> > 
> > >  
> > >  --- "Tyler J. Evans" <te8 axe humboldt edu>
> > wrote: > 
> > > > Two more questions for you Mette, 
> > > > 
> > > > What is the output of /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda ??
> > > > 
> > > > Assuming the kernel saw the device and loaded a
> > > > driver, maybe you mount 
> > > > with the command mount -t vfat /dev/sda1
> > /mnt/floppy
> > > >  ??
> > > > 
> > > > i.e.  'sda1', not sda
> > > > 
> > > > te
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Tyler J. Evans wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Mette Sorensen wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi 
> > > > > > I need your help please, I am new to linux
> > and I
> > > > have
> > > > > > just installed redhat 7.2 on my laptop but I
> > can
> > > > not
> > > > > > get my USB floppy drive to work.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I am logged in as the root and I have made a
> > > > floppy
> > > > > > directory.
> > > > > > When I enter mount -t
> > vfat/dev/sda/mnt/floppy it
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is it the same as 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/floppy
> > > > > 
> > > > > ???
> > > > > 
> > > > > What does the output of 
> > > > > 
> > > > > cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> > > > > 
> > > > > look like?  In particular, does the device
> > show a
> > > > driver (usb-storage)?
> > > > > 
> > > > > You can see if the kernel saw the device from
> > the
> > > > dmesg command as well.
> > > > > 
> > > > > After you mount the drive, what does df show?
> > > > > 
> > > > > te
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > doesn't come up with an error, but when I
> > write
> > > > umount
> > > > > > /mnt/floppy it says that it has never been
> > > > > > mounted.....
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I hope someone have the time to help me
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Mette
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >
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