Randy, This is what I have:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su root Password: debian:/home/jt# uname -a Linux debian 2.2.20-idepci #1 Sat Apr 20 12:45:19 EST 2002 i686 GNU/Linux debian:/home/jt# nano /etc/fstab debian:/home/jt# # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda1 / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 1 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sda /mnt/usb vfat noauto,sync 0 0 Jim Trek, Secretary Science Holdings, Inc. http://scienceholdings.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (585) 637-0256 > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB Memory Modules > From: "Randy.Dunlap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, November 03, 2005 12:41 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Linux Devel <linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have updated and upgraded my Debian Linux stable distribution many > > times. I use gdm for the xwindow environment. I had been accustomed > > to reading in the contents of a 128 Megabyte memory module by going > > into the terminal window as root and typing in > > > > mount /mnt/usb > > cd /mnt/usb > > > > It no longer works. I get the message that the kernel does not support > > sba which is in the first column of my fstab. > > Show us that first line of your /etc/fstab file. > > Also, unplug the USB device the plug it back in. > That should generate some kernel messages in the message log, > so then enter 'dmesg <Enter>' to see what device the kernel > thinks that your USB disk device is. It should be something > like /dev/sda or /dev/sda1. Show us all of the relevant > USB messages from the 'dmesg' output. > > > I have done everything by following directions given to me by somebody > > who is no longer with the company. I don't have a clue how get the usb > > capability back. I don't know how to find out whether I have a 2.2 or > > 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. I know how to use apt-get. > > Entering 'uname -a' gives you some kernel & system version info. > > > What would you suggest? > > It could be as simple as editing /etc/fstab to use a different > device for /mnt/usb, or it could be a udev problem. If it's > the latter, I won't be of much use to you and you can just > ignore most of what I said. > > > Thank you for your help. > > -- > ~Randy ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
