uab devices

Robert L Cochran cochranb at speakeasy.net
Sat Dec 25 03:28:32 UTC 2004


James McKenzie wrote:

> Bob Wooden wrote:
>
>> When I insert my usb storage (64Mb pen), I am unable to access it.  I
>> have been reading about udev and I am a little confused.  Anything usb
>> inserted yields nothing.  I thought it was a default action for usb
>> devices inserted to be recognized in a 2.6 kernel?  I am currently dual
>> booting with another Linux distro (it is also a 2.6 kernel) until I
>> solve this problem.  If that other distro recognizes my "64Mb pen", why
>> won't FC3?
>
> Bob:
>
> What happens when you run dmesg after inserting the USB pen device?  
> You  should get lines stating that the device was recognized.  You 
> might also want to check the /media for the flash directory after 
> inserting the USB pen.
>
> James McKenzie
>
I was just given an A-Data 512 Mb USB flash drive. Here is what `mount' 
reports:

/dev/sdc1 on /media/usbdisk type vfat 
(rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,noatime,user=rlc)

I can carry a small library on my person now, and then plug it in 
wherever...

Bob




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