On Friday 04 June 2004 07:27 am, Richard Gelling wrote: > Hi > > I at present am running Suse 9.1 on my desktop PC. I am having a few > problems with it, which I don't seem to be able to solve. So I am hoping to > install Mandrake 10 Powerpack which I have ordered form Amazon. I was > wondering if anyone has had problems with USB pen drives with Mandrake > using the 2.6 kernel. Under Suse it either isn't recognised or it locks the > machine up completely. I have tried two makes of USB pen drive and both > have the same result. I have also had the same problem with two different > PCs both running Suse. This USB pen worked fine with Suse 9.0 and Slackware > 9.1, so I think the drive is ok. I think it something to do with the new > submount facility in the 2.6 kernel. > > Also even with modifying the fstab file to do away with the submount on my > floppy drive I can only write to it as root, I have changed the permissions > etc. and have changed the fstab to what it was under Suse 9.0. > > So I was wondering before I wipe my Hard drive again, could someone tell me > if they have had problems with USB Pen drives under Mandrake 10 ( 2.6 > kernel ) and if they have been able to use the floppy drive as a normal > user? > > Also the only way to burn DVD's with K3b on Suse 9.1 is to umount the drive > manually from the command line first before starting K3b up, and then > mounting it again to use the disc. Which is a bit long winded (like this > post!). > > I have installed Mandrake community on a laptop, but didn't get chance to > try the pen drive out. But I was impressed with the difference in speed > between Mandrake and Suse. So hopefully this problem doesn't occur with > Mandrake. > > Thanks a lot > Richard G. My comp will not boot if a usb ext HD or a pen drive is attached. The HP printer does not seem to be a problem. ???? -- Dennis M. Linux user #180842
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