Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Thanks very much for the reply.
> Mike McCarty wrote:
>> Ok, now that my system boots and can basically run, I want to
>> be able to mount USB discs, as I have one. However, it seems
>> not to recognize that. I guess I need to configure at least
>> one more thing into the kernel. Is there anyone here who can
>> tell me what I left out?
>
> You should have configured the kernel for USB and probably VFAT.
Ok, I have those, but compiled as modules. Probably
if I forced loading those modules, it would work.
I guess I'll reconfigure and recompile with "y"
instead "m".
> CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
Umm, I have "ascii" here.
> CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
>
> I recommend compiling in drivers and only using kernel modules when you have
> to.
Right, makes sense for stuff like this. Then the driver is there
regardless of whether discovery found the need for it during boot.
> Plugging in a memory stick will be handled by udev. The stick will show up
> as
> /dev/uba (I think), but you will have to mount it manually:
I also have "CONFIG_USB_ANNOUNCE_NEW_DEVICES=y" but dmesg
didn't show anything when I plugged in the cable.
Mike
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