On Saturday 25 December 2004 4:04 pm, jeff elkins wrote: > On Saturday 25 December 2004 3:19 pm, H. S. wrote: > > Apparently, _jeff elkins_, on 25/12/04 09:06,typed: > > > Merry Christmas, List! > > > > > > I've built a new sid-based system (kernel 2.6.9) and I'm having a bit > > > of trouble with the attached usb cardreader. > > > > > > It's recognized at boot: > > > > > > usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 2 > > > scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > > > Vendor: DMI Model: MultiFlash Rev: 3.00 > > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > > > > But unless I boot with cards inserted, the devices I need (sda1,sdc1) > > > are not created. Additionally, once mounted they refuse to unmount with > > > a 'device busy.' > > > > > > I probably missed something in my setup, thanks for any help. > > > > > > Jeff Elkins > > > > I have a USB card reader that is detected alright but I have to have a > > card in a slot to get that detected too. The problem is that the card > > reader hardware makes itself detectable to a USB port but doesn't give > > any information when a card is inserted. So that card insertion totoally > > hidden from hotplug. It works onlyif you have a card inside the reader > > already before plugging it in the USB port. > > > > My solution was to make a mount point that I use after I insert the card > > in one of the slots. YMMV. > > > > However, if you card does notify the system when a new card is inserted > > and your system still doen't know about a new card, then something is > > wrong somewhere. > > > > ->HS > > I used that strategy with my previous system. Point /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdc1 > to /cfcard and /sdcard in fstab and mount away. No longer. > > I found out I can run cfdisk /dev/sda and cfdisk /dev/sdc, then /dev/sda1 > and dev/sdc1 are created. Then I can mount and unmount. So, somehow, > something is screwed. I built this system from scratch with sarge > netinstall and apt, so I've probably left something out... > > Jeff
Perhaps now that it's not Christmas and the Umbutu thread has burnt out I can get some assistance? :) FYI, mounting these cards worked _flawlessly_, with no intervention, with my previous sid install built on top of a basic Woody system. Hotplug is installed and works fine for my Zaurus and a few other USB devices, so I don't think that's the issue. Does the fact that I can manually issue an cfdisk/fdisk /dev/sda or cfdisk/fdisk /dev/sdc and have the required /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdc1 devices appear jog any thoughts? Are there any dpkg-reconfigure tricks (other than hotplug, which I've done) which I could try? Can I manually create /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdc1 which are static from boot to boot? Thanks again to those who've replied and for any new help. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
