[rhn-users] problem with usb device

[Per Lindahl]

This is due to Linux expect to find a partition 1 when in most cases
there is no /dev/sda1 just /dev/sda

 

Fdisk -l /dev/sda would confirm such configuration.

 

That configuration usually happens when the usb disk is created in
windows. All you need to do is to create a partition within linux (all
data will be destroyed) using your favorite tool.

 

Make sure that when your done. fdisk -l /dev/sda displays a /dev/sda1
(if your going to use it from windows don't forget to create it as
fat32)

Then mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1

 

Hope that helped.

 

//Per

 

 

 

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From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Marko Macesic
Sent: den 26 januari 2005 01:14
To: rhn-users at redhat.com
Subject: [rhn-users] problem with usb device

 

I have a problem with one USB flash hdd drive 256MB by PQI.

I tried it on Fedora Core 2 original kernel (I think that it's mark is
2.6.5-1.358), system detect it and makes /mnt/flash directory but when I
try to mount /dev/sda1 I receive an error:

can't read superblock.

 

After that I run up2date and updated kernel to version (2.6.10-FC2 or
something like that) but when I boot the computer with that new kernel
and try to mount the same usb device I receive a different error:

can't mount it is not a valid block device.

 

Obviusly with new kernel it's even worse, cause the system doesn't
recognize the device.

 

Does anybody know how to make this work? Is there are any drivers for
usb devices that could help? Is there an error in hotplug, usbdevfs or
any other related services?

 

I apologize cause I couldn't recall the exact kernel versions but I'm
not writing this from that computer.

Thank you for your help.

M. Marko

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