Re: help usb floppy

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

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Mette Sorensen wrote:

> 
> 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

the System: unknown field means that the file system type on your floppy 
is not recognized.  Is there a floppy in the drive?  What is it's format.  
You might try inserting a floppy that you *know* the file system type 
(most win floppies should bt FAT12)

You may also try the mount command without the -t vfat option.  i.e.

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy

what does you /etc/fstab file look like?  Is there a line like

/dev/sda1      /mnt/floppy     auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0

I am not sure about the kudzu, maybe this is only for non-usb drives (e.g. 
fd0, cdrom, ....)  Hopefully someone whos knows way more than me will 
chime in here.... perhaps I should shut up!

te


> 
>        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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