Hi Stuart Thanks for the super detailed reply I will try to fill in the gaps below:
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Stuart Winter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> fdisk -l to find out that it is /dev/sdb1 >> then fdisk /dev/sdb1 to make a 1gb linux partition > > sdb1 is a partition on "sdb". > So you want to use fdisk /dev/sdb not sdb1. > > Which instructions are you looking at? > I just googled how to format usb drive in linux >> then mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 > >> mkdir /mnt/sdb1 >> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 > > > >> error no such dir >> >> so i try >> mount /dev/sdb1 >> >> ok bit more info this time. > > You haven't said what information there is or isn't. > You need to find out what "sd" letter ("SCSI disc") your USB > reader/microsd has been assigned. > You can use dmesg | tail -n15 to do this - you should see some info about > a USB device being connected. > > The scsi letter your machine receives depends on the configuration of your > system. Some systems will get /dev/sdb, others may get /dev/sda, for > example. > >> so I edit this file by running my text editor with sudo as root, save >> it with the new line for this usb drive, try to mount again. Still >> nothing ! >> >> What am I doing wrong here ? > > Without you describing your environment, I'll just have to make > experienced guesses. > > 1. Your *host* (Linux PC) device name - (/dev/sdb you think) has no > connection with what it'll appear as on the ARM device. > If the device *does* happen to be /dev/sdb on ARM & PC, it's a > coincidence in your case. > > If your ARM device has only one storage device, then it's probably > /dev/sda so this is what you'd put into the fstab. > > 2. Whose kernel are you using for this device? > I assume you are mixing some 3rd party kernel with the Slackware ARM > root fs, because I haven't heard of the "Chumby" before, and haven't selected > any > support for it in the two kernels shipped. http://www.armedslack.org/ I selected the mini root filesystem: A mini root filesystem of Slackware ARM “current” is now available from the FTP site. > > Wherever you got the kernel from ought to include some Linux loader > information. > > This is it? > http://www.arm.com/markets/enterprise/chumby-industries-chumby.php > http://www.chumby.com/pages/compare nearly, it's the chumby one, the newer version. > Heh it looks funny :-) :) yes but it is cheap, has a nice cpu and display so it seemed like a nice platform to experiment with embedded linux. Also as a nice sidenote it is open hardware so there are highly detailed specs down to the individual chip level :D > > Anyway you need to provide more information about what you're doing. > It's probably pretty simple to get up and running but there's only so much > I can guess! > _______________________________________________ > ARMedslack mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack > _______________________________________________ ARMedslack mailing list [email protected] http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack
