Craig, I did the 5 second thing and ran siga as you suggested.
Problem is the file is huge, some 300 pages! The last time I did a test like this at Alan's suggestion, the file was 3 pages. This obsession with file size is for a reason - the Linux computer is in another building and is neither networked or internet accessible. So the file generated can only be printed, at the moment. (I scanned the printout of the 3 page msg file to email it!) The Linux machine will ultimately be networked, but as a Linux novice, I thought getting the peripherals like mem stick and floppy drives working was a good first stage. That would also enable transferring downloaded stuff from the web to be installed, if needed for future stages. Obviously being able to export files like siga.html would also be helpful. All I can do at the moment is look through siga output, if you tell me what to look for. Anyway, it looks like a new memstick is top of the agenda ... Rob. ======================================== Message Received: Jan 13 2006, 03:47 PM From: "Craig Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "SLUG-list" <[email protected]> Cc: Subject: RE: [Scottish] USB memory sticks and SuSE 9.3 Hi Rob, Could you do the following: 1. Insert the USB pen drive, then remove it after 5 seconds or so. 2. As root, type "siga" without the quotes at a command prompt. 3. Email me a copy of the siga.html file that is created in /tmp (i.e. /tmp/siga.html) Cheers, Craig P.s. The siga command is the "System Information Gatherer". Very handy for remote support such as this. P.P.S. The tool gathers a fair bit of information, please check the file in a web browser to ensure it is not revealing information which you are not happy to release to the internet at large... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Barbour Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:28 AM To: SLUG-list Subject: Re: [Scottish] USB memory sticks and SuSE 9.3 Attache file shows three pages of output. I think the stick is in MSdos format, as you suspect. So what is the solution to the file transfer problem between formats - I have apple, MS and Linux? Regards Rob ======================================== Message Received: Jan 09 2006, 03:16 PM From: "Martin Habets" To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: Re: [Scottish] USB memory sticks and SuSE 9.3 It seems time to open up a terminal window (that's Konsole in Suse). After you insert the stick, open the new 'floppy' icon, and get the error message... after all that, type in these commands in the terminal window and send the output here: mount dmesg | tail -100 That should give us a start to figure out what's going on. If you're couragous you could look up a line for 'sda' in the mount output and try to browse that directory. My guess is the floppy icon is used because the filesystem on the USB stick is msdos. Martin _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ********************************************************************************* This e-mail (and any attachments) is strictly private and confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s) only. It may contain legally privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, disclose, distribute or take any action in reliance on this email and must immediately destroy it. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the originator and do not necessarily represent those of Sanmex International Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked for the presence of computer viruses. www.sanmex.com ******************************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
