FC6 not recognising Flash drive.

Norm norm at workingtools.ca
Mon Nov 6 04:18:55 UTC 2006


On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 01:55:21 +0000
dexter <ddmbox2 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Is there more I need to do to make certain I have the latest kernel?
> You need to enable repo updates-testing for yum to see it. 
> > Or am I right in guessing that the latest kernel was only released
> > yesterday and takes a while to make it through the system
> Well the way I see it working wrt FCx release kernels is Mr Jones
> will drop a kernel in updates-testing, the testing part should be in
> your mind when installing this it could break somethink or solve
> world peace it needs testing. After some period of exposure it will
> drop to the updates repo for general consumption and is considered
> stable[1].      
> 
> Also I'm currently tracking this in BZ#204396 were there is also a
> udev fix if you don't fancy a new kernel yet?. coz I'm running
> rawhide I havn't tried .2835.fc6 but I can confirm that the udev fix
> (a one liner) will allow ur current system to see the flash device at
> start-up. take your pick but don't do both :) 
> 
> [1] stable != bug free :)

Given my level of skill I am probably best to wait a few more days for
the next kernel release. I can live with needing to remount the flash
drive for a few days.  Fortunately I am not using that other OS that
seems to require several reboots a day sometimes.
> ...dex  
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