Sorry for the delay, I've been away for a few days. Anyway fantastic news. Yet another storage medium for use under Bering!
I agree about the mount point. This is what I did for another project, but there might be a much better way of doing it. I'm not sure if /mnt is created by a script or not. I'm sure someone on the list can enlighten us. I created a new directory under /mnt, for example: /mnt/usb I then modified /var/lib/lrpkg/root.exclude.list and removed mnt from the file. I then backed up the root package. ONE VERY VERY IMPORTANT POINT: Make sure that you don't have anything mounted under /mnt or it's subdirectories when you backup root or all the files on the mounted devices will get added to the root package - we don't want this. Use df to check. If your usb device is mounted, unmount it. The correct entries for fstab then would be /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb vfat auto 0 0 auto = automatically mounts on boot backup the etc package and you should be away Darren On Thursday 25 Jul 2002 4:42 pm, you wrote: > Fantastic ! Thank you very much ! > After putting all the modules you said in /boot/lib/modules and loading it > I can mount my USB device with : > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt > > But now, how can I make my USB available during the boot to be able to load > package which are stored on it through the syslinux.cfg ? > What do I have to put in /etc/fstab as mount point ? > > I tried : > /dev/sda1 /mnt /vfat > and I works but it seems to me it's not very clean to use /mnt as mount > point ? > > Thanks for your help. > > Blaise Lab > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De: Darren Hammond [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Date: mardi, 23. juillet 2002 21:44 > > À: Blaise Lab > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Objet: Re: [leaf-user] Bering / USB storage key > > > > The modules are: > > > > usbcore > > usb-uhci > > scsi_mod > > usb-storage > > sd_mod > > > > That order works for my USB CF Card reader anyway. > > > > You might need usb-ohci instead usb-uhci depending on your hardware. > > > > Be careful entering the module names, it's easy to mixed up with dashes > > and > > underscores. > > > > I'm assuming that you know how to put the modules into /boot/lib/modules > > and > > modify the initrd package. It's pretty much the same as adding IDE > > drivers > > > > except you're using different modules and the drive should (hopefully) be > > /dev/sda1. The documentation is excellent, so check out the users guide, > > chapter 9.4 if necessary. > > > > Incidently, if you can get this device working on a linux workstation, > > you can > > look at what modules it is using using lsmod and get these for Bering if > > what > > I've given you is not right. > > > > I must admit, I think you're being brave trying this. You can get a CF > > reader > > that fits in a 3.5 bay from www.pretec.com - they call it a Digital Film > > Reader. CF seems to be used by a lot of people on this list and is easy > > to > > > > set up. Of course, it's your choice :-) > > > > Like I said in the previous e-mail, I've no idea if this will work, it's > > only > > a hunch. Let us know. > > > > best of luck > > > > Darren > > > > On Tuesday 23 Jul 2002 6:17 am, you wrote: > > > Thank you for your answer... I'm very interested to know which modules > > > > you > > > > > used and how to get your USB ok... > > > What I want to do is to use USB key as supplemental storage device to > > > > put > > > > > SSHD or... > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Blaise Lab > > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > > > De: Darren Hammond [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Date: lundi, 22. juillet 2002 23:25 > > > > À: Blaise Lab; Liste de distribution sur LEAF (Adresse de > > > > messagerie) > > > > > > Objet: Re: [leaf-user] Bering / USB storage key > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I was loosely interested in this and then I noticed that no-one had > > > > responded. > > > > I don't know much about these devices and I don't have one to test > > > > this > > > > > > out > > > > on, but I wonder if they operate like the USB CF card readers which > > > > use > > > > > > the > > > > usb-storage module. > > > > > > > > Someone has certainly used a USB CF Reader to boot Bering and I've > > > > mounted one > > > > in Bering in addition to a hard disk. > > > > > > > > If you already have one of these devices, you might want to try it. > > > > The > > > > > > trickiest part might be getting syslinux installed. If you have a > > > > linux > > > > > > workstation that recognises one of these devices, then you could use > > > > that > > > > > > I > > > > guess. > > > > > > > > If you want to try it and want to know which modules I used, let me > > > > know. > > > > > > Darren > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Blaise Lab > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >- leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > > > > > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
