I have the same problem. My usb zip drive works on my 7.1 machine but
not on my 7.2 machine. The 7.2 machine knows there is a zip drive out
there, kde puts a zip icon on the desktop, but I get an I/O error when
I try to access it. I haven't been able to figure it out. Another
difference between the machines, is the 7.2 has an IDE CD writer which
appears like a scsi device also. I don't know if that has anything to
do with the usb zip problem.
Steve
Declan Moriarty writes:
> Are you absolutely SURE the kernel is 100% kosher, correct modules, etc?
>
> On Sun, 01 Apr 2001, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > Dear Alex and friends:
> >
> > Have tried different ways to get Linux to detect my USB. Nothing that I
> > do seems to work.
> >
> > Here is the data:
> > 1) /etc/modules
> >
> > [sher@sher07 /etc]$ cat modules
> > # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. #
> > # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
> > # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a `#',
> > and everything on the line after them are ignored.
> > scsi_hostadapter
> > usb-interface
> > [sher@sher07 /etc]$
> >
> > 2) /etc/sysconfig/usb
> >
> > [sher@sher07 sher]$ cd /etc/sysconfig
> > [sher@sher07 sysconfig]$ cat usb
> > USB=yes
> > MOUSE=no
> > KEYBOARD=no
> > STORAGE=yes
> > VISOR=no
> > [sher@sher07 sysconfig]$
> >
> > 3) fstab and mtab
> >
> > [sher@sher07 /etc]$ cat fstab
> > /dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hda5 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > /dev/hdb6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> > /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=ext2,dev=/dev/sda 0 0
> > /dev/hdc1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > [sher@sher07 /etc]$
> >
> > [sher@sher07 /etc]$ cat mtab
> > /dev/hda6 / ext2 rw 0 0
> > none /proc proc rw 0 0
> > /dev/hda5 /boot ext2 rw 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0
> > /dev/hdb6 /home ext2 rw 0 0
> > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount rw,fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount rw,fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> > /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount rw,fs=ext2,dev=/dev/sda 0 0
> > /dev/hdc1 /mnt/windows vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=0 0 0
> > automount(pid558) /misc autofs rw,fd=8,pgrp=558,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0
> > 0
> > automount(pid574) /net autofs rw,fd=8,pgrp=574,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0
> > [sher@sher07 /etc]$
> >
> > [sher@sher07 sher]$ cd /mnt/zip
> > bash: cd: /mnt/zip: Input/output error
> > [sher@sher07 sher]$
> >
> >
> > I tried changing "sda" to "sda4" in the zip line above, but it didn't
> > make any difference. In fact, in the past, in my case "sda" always
> > worked (provided configuration was otherwise correct) while sda4 never
> > worked.
> >
> >
> > Would really appreciate your help. Can't figure this out. During bootup,
> > Linux does bring up the line "Detecting USB interface" but fails to
> > detect it (big red X but no error message).
> >
> > Thanks so much.
> >
> > Benjamin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Benjamin and Anna Sher
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> Regards,
>
>
> Declan Moriarty
>
>
>
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