(back on the mailing list: we want archives....) You don't have to have a mount point listed in /etc/fstab. The mount command can take care of that if you enter the info.
I'm guessing that your question is related to automating the mount command, although you haven't quite said that. That's not so easy in Linux 2.4. USB storage devices might be at different physical locations and have different major/minor numbers and it can be difficult to track and coordinate them. However, I'm still not following your questions below very well, so please try asking them again, or someone else out there can also jump in here and try to answer them. For Linux 2.4, the linkage is basically reading the kernel message log (file) to see what major/minor number (and hence /dev/sdX name) that the device is assigned. Lots of people have CF cards and ZIP drives working. What are the problems with them? You should probably post your kernel messages so that we can see what's going on and then we can all be more precise instead of guessing about it. -- ~Randy On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:51:32 +0100 Domenico Santarsiero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Monday 01 December 2003 21:57, you wrote: | thank for the support I try late to mount............. | | but in some case I don't have any link or definition (sdb, etc.) between the | drive and the definition in the dev directory..... | | my question is to know the process to arrive at end............ | es. linkage, | | it is appear as the CF Card is not recognized, as for the ZIP unit............ | | | thank in advance | | p.regards | d.s. | - | | > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:49:52 +0000 Domenico Santarsiero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | wrote: | > | I have a Netac usb flash disk, and I have esperience from many year on | > | standard unix.................. after a long period I restart to use | > | linux under mandrake 9.2 edition................ | > | | > | my usb flash disk is in the scsi info but is not recognized by the | > | system........... | > | | > | wich is the task to do (link, mount, etc.) ?? | > | | > | in the attachment som info carried out from the proc file and fstab | > | > After you connect a device, there is usually a message in the | > kernel log file about device 'sda' or 'sdb' or 'sdc' etc. | > That should tell you which device (major) to mount. | > | > If the device is not partitioned, you mount the full device: | > mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/flash | > e.g. | > | > If the device is partitioned, you mount a partition like so: | > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash | > | > HTH. | > -- | > ~Randy | > MOTD: Always include version info. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
