Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10

[Scott Mertens]

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> First off, keep in mind that RHEL4 will automount the device for you if
> it can.  However, things such as FLASH devices and such will be
> automounted under the "/media" directory tree.  Try plugging in your
> device, then do a "mount" command to see if the device automounted.

The results of the mount command after thumb drive is plugged in
 mount
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)


The results of navigating to the media directory after plugging in thumb
drive
[root at RHServer01 media]# ll -a
total 32
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 Apr  8 20:05 .
drwxr-xr-x  24 root root 4096 Apr  8 20:05 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Apr  8 20:05 cdrecorder
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Apr  8 20:05 cdrom
[root at RHServer01 media]#

> 
> If it didn't automount and you have to mount it manually, SCSI devices
> are numbered as follows:
> 
> 	/dev/sdXP
> 
> where "X" represents the SCSI _device_, and will be the letter a, b, c,
> d, e, f, etc., depending on when the device was detected during the
> SCSI scan at boot time.  The "P" represents the _partition_ number on
> that device.  So "/dev/sda1" is the first partition on the first SCSI
> device, "/dev/sdb4" is the fourth partition on the second SCSI device
> and so on.
> 
> Since you already show /dev/sda1 as your boot device, we can assume that
> /dev/sda is a SCSI drive and therefore CAN'T be the FLASH device.  As a
> result, the thumb drive will have to be /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc, depending
> on how many SCSI devices you have.
> Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using addre ss 4


Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage de vices
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel:   Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE
DEVICE    R ev: 1.22
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
A NSI SCSI revision: 02
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost hald[2876]: Timed out waiting for hotplug
event 309. R ebasing to 311
Apr 10 07:15:03 localhost hal.hotplug[29216]: timout(10000 ms) waiting
for /devi ces/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0
Apr 10 07:15:03 localhost hal.hotplug[29215]: timout(10000 ms) waiting
for /devi
ces/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0
Apr 10 07:15:13 localhost scsi.agent[29222]:
Attribute /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0
000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/type does not
exist

> Try plugging in the thumb drive.  If you only have one SCSI drive, then
> then "fdisk -l /dev/sdb" ("fdisk -l /dev/sdc" if you have two SCSI
> drives) and see if a partition table is displayed and if it looks like
> your thumb drive.  Once you find it, "mount /dev/scXP /mnt/thumb" (with
> "X" replaced by the drive letter and "P" by the partition from the
> fdisk command).  You should be good to go.


The result of fdisk is nothing as seen below.
[root at RHServer01 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdc
[root at RHServer01 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
[root at RHServer01 ~]#

I was tailing the messages log when plugging in, but can't decipher it.

Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device
using addre ss 4
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage de vices
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel:   Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE
DEVICE    R ev: 1.22
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
A NSI SCSI revision: 02
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost hald[2876]: Timed out waiting for hotplug
event 309. R ebasing to 311
Apr 10 07:15:03 localhost hal.hotplug[29216]: timout(10000 ms) waiting
for /devi ces/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0
Apr 10 07:15:03 localhost hal.hotplug[29215]: timout(10000 ms) waiting
for /deviApr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB
device using addre ss 4
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage de vices
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel:   Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE
DEVICE    R ev: 1.22
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
A NSI SCSI revision: 02
Apr 10 07:14:48 localhost hald[2876]: Timed out waiting for hotplug
event 309. R ebasing to 311
Apr 10 07:15:03 localhost hal.hotplug[29216]: timout(10000 ms) waiting
for /devi ces/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0
Apr 10 07:15:03 localhost hal.hotplug[29215]: timout(10000 ms) waiting
for /devi
ces/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0
Apr 10 07:15:13 localhost scsi.agent[29222]:
Attribute /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0
000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/type does not
exist

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Apr 10 07:15:13 localhost scsi.agent[29222]:
Attribute /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0
000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/type does not
exist