David, When you do a fdisk -l is there a line for " /dev/sda ". I am having a USB Mass Storage prob on SuSE 8.0 kernel 2.4.18 system where somehow the system never 'creates' the /dev/sdx entry. I am becoming suspicious there is a serious problem with USB on this kernel family
PeterB On Saturday 22 June 2002 21:09, David wrote: > I am trying to use my ZiO! smart media card reader with Linux. I am using > kernel 2.4.19-pre10 with Slackware 8.0. I have all the necessary modules > installed(CONFIG_SCSI (module), CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD (module), > CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG (module), CONFIG_USB, CONFIG_USB_STORAGE (module), > CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM, CONFIG_USB_SDDR09). When I plug the device, I > get this in /var/log/syslog: > > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: usb.c: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > SerialNumber=0 > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: usb.c: USB device number 6 default language > ID 0x409 > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: Manufacturer: SCM Microsystems Inc. > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: Product: eUSB SmartMedia Adapter > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not > assured > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 6 > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: usb.c: usb-storage driver claimed interface > cc242240 > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: usb.c: kusbd: /sbin/hotplug add 6 > Jun 22 21:02:14 erwin kernel: usb.c: kusbd policy returned 0xfffffffe > > and it is recognized correctly in /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0 . this is the > listing for it: > > Host scsi1: usb-storage > Vendor: SCM Microsystems Inc. > Product: eUSB SmartMedia Adapter > Serial Number: None > Protocol: Transparent SCSI > Transport: EUSB/SDDR09 > GUID: 04e600030000000000000000 > Attached: Yes > > However, it is not listed in /proc/bus/usb (neither are any of my other > devices), and when I try mount /dev/sda /camera I get the following > output: > > /dev/sda: Input/output error > mount: block device /dev/sda is write-protected, mounting read-only > /dev/sda: Input/output error > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > so I tried specifying both vfat and msdos, but i got the same error for > both filesystems: > > mount: block device /dev/sda is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, > or too many mounted file systems > > Can anyone help me? ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
