Re: help usb floppy

[Mette Sorensen <blonde_mette yahoo com>]

Hi again

WHEN ENTER: /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda
the floppy disk lights up

Output: Disk /dev/sda: 1 heads, 3 sectors,
         960 cylinders
        Units= cylinders of 3 * 512 bytes

        device     boot  start       end         
        /dev/sda1   ?    623187467   1167881788 

        blocks     id  system
        817041466  44  unknow

       Partition 1 has different physical/logical 
       beginnings (not-linux)
       etc


Made a directory in /mnt/floppy now 
when enter mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy
the floppy lights up:
the output is:
              mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad 
                     superblock on /dev/sda1, or too 
                     many mounted file sytems

when enter df it does not show up


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

           ssci0: SCSI emulation for USB Mass storage
devices
           vendor: Y-E DATA Model: USB-FDU 
           Type: direct access....

Thanks again for your help Tyler
 



 --- "Tyler J. Evans" <te8 axe humboldt edu> wrote: >
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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