usb stick, can't mount

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 11 May 2007, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
>On 05/11/07 05:37:50, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Thursday 10 May 2007, Michael Wiktowy wrote:
>> >On 5/10/07, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>> >> Greetings all;
>> >>
>> >> I just mounted, as a vfat filesystem, a 64meg usb key/stick, wrote
>>
>> one
>>
>> >> file to it on a debian/kubuntu 6.06 LTS system, unmounted it and
>>
>> and
>>
>> >> brought it in here and plugged it into the FC6 box, on a usb1.1 hub
>>
>> also,
>>
>> >> but I cannot mount it.
>> >>
>> >> usb_storage is loaded according to lsmod.  Here is the stanza from
>>
>> the log
>>
>> >> when I plug it in:
>> >>
>> >> May 10 13:24:42 coyote kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
>>
>> Storage
>>
>> >> devices May 10 13:24:47 coyote kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access
>> >>
>> >> Staples                   0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 May 10 13:24:47 coyote
>> >> kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 May 10
>>
>> 13:29:03
>>
>> >> coyote kernel: usb 2-2.1: USB disconnect, address 4 May 10 13:29:05
>>
>> coyote
>>
>> >> kernel: usb 2-2.2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and
>>
>> address 5
>>
>> >> May 10 13:29:05 coyote kernel: usb 2-2.2: not running at top speed;
>> >> connect to a high speed hub May 10 13:29:05 coyote kernel: usb
>>
>> 2-2.2:
>> >> configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice May 10 13:29:05 coyote
>>
>> kernel: scsi3
>>
>> >> : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices May 10 13:29:10
>>
>> coyote
>>
>> >> kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Staples
>>
>> 0.00 PQ:
>> >> 0 ANSI: 2 May 10 13:29:10 coyote kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Attached
>>
>> scsi
>>
>> >> generic sg4 type 0
>> >>
>> >> And of course sg4 is assumed to be the loader robot for the 5th
>>
>> robotic
>>
>> >> scsi tape drive the last I knew.
>> >>
>> >> Shouldn't it be available as /dev/sda1?  It always has been before,
>>
>> quite
>>
>> >> a few times.
>> >>
>> >> Kernel is 2.6.21.1-cfs-v10
>> >
>> >It could be the hardware (the combo of the usb drive and usb
>> >controller) just not scaling back to usb 1.1 properly through noisy
>> >lines.
>> >
>> >I have had similar things happen when using the USB ports on the
>>
>> front
>>
>> >of my machine (that connect through a long wire that runs by
>> >hard-drives and power supplies, etc to get there). Plugging directly
>> >into the usb ports on the back of the machine helped in my situation.
>> >Maybe it will work for you if you try a different port or skip the
>>
>> hub
>>
>> >completely.
>> >
>> >/Mike
>>
>> Almost offtopic Mike, I don't have any audio ports in that front panel
>> hub.
>>
>> What I did find was the sd_mod wasn't, because it was builtin.
>> Rebuilding a
>> new kernel with sd_mod as a module, and while it set it up as sde (I
>> have NDI
>> where abcd went), its now mounted and readable.
>>
>> Is that considered a kernal bug?  Damnifiknow.
>
>Is the device being mounted by HAL? If so, check /etc/fstab. If the
>device appears there, that may be your problem.  Try commenting it out.

No, its not in there.  I turns out that you cannot build sd_mod in if you want 
to use modules for other stuff that also ties in.  As a module, it autoloads 
and Just Works(TM).

Thanks

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