SanDisk Mini 256

[Colin Charles]

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 02:19, John Fleming wrote:

> 1.  It appears in the hardware browser as sda and sda1 - sda1 appears to
> have the right amount of space available (says fat16).  However, I can't
> mount it or otherwise figure out how to use it.  This is up to date FC1
> on a new Dell 600SC.  If I plug it in while sitting at the console
> screen, I get a message about generic USB storage and the device not
> being claimed by any driver.  My online research hasn't turned up
> anything with positive results.  I've tried modprobe usb-storage and
> mounting to no avail.

When you did:
	mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy

It didn't work? Pasting a bit of the /var/log/messages that are relevant
will be helpful, also, what kernel are you using?

> 2.  Now, the REALLY difficult part - I CAN'T GET THE DARNED THING OUT OF
> THE MACHINE NOW!!!!!!  I've always thought of USB connections as "wimpy"
> - Things that can go in that easily might come out easily too!  However,
> I've pulled with almost all my might, sorrying about the board to which
> it's attached (motherboard I assume), with slight up/down and side to
> side pressure, but it simply won't come out!  Anyone ever run into this
> with a USB connection and have an easy solution???  I'd hate to get any
> more frustrated and destroy my new server!  ARRRGH.

No, looks like a hardware issue. Make sure booting off the USB key is
disabled in BIOS, otherwise the computer won't boot any longer :)
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