On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 06:48, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > On a stock debian sarge, fresh install, I can enter these two lines into > fstab: > > /dev/sda /mnt/pendrive auto defualts,user,noauto,umask=002 0 0 > /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usbdrive auto defualts,user,noauto,umask=002 0 0 > > I can then mount as user or root both devices. In Libranet 2.8.1, mosly > sarge I can mount the usb drive IF it is sdb1, NOT sda1 or sdc1 or > sdd1. I CANNOT mount /mnt/sda: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount /mnt/pendrive > mount: /dev/sda is not a valid block device > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Making it /dev/sda1 or c,b etc has no bearing. If I specifiy vfat > (which is what I think it is) I get: *snip* > unable to read partition table > usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -110 > #####above line repeated about 20 times########## > > The message at boot (does not show up if I run dmesg) is: > > Starting Htoplug subsystem: Inputt*** cant synthesize input events > -/proc/bus/input/devices missing > pci*** cant synthesize PCI hotplug events > usbsync: [oo1 oo1 oo1 oo2 oo1 ] > > /proc/bus has pci & usb, but no input. ???? Should it have input? IF > so, how do I make input dir? I'm starting to think this is a kernel > issue. I am using 2.4.23 on this box (stock Libranet kernel settings) > and 2.4.21-1-I386 stock Sarge Debian kernel on the box these devices > work on. Same family of motherboards (ECS k7s5a and k7s5a Pro) so > hardware is not an issue. In addition, on the problem box (Libranet > 2.8.1) I have an USB-2 pci card, eliminating the possibility of an > onboard usb problem. This has me scratching my head. Where do I look > and what do I do?
Given that I just woke up, I may be difficult to understand... :) IIRC, There are checks in place to stop you mounting a device, when you should be mounting one of it's partitions. However, a few manufacturers of the pen drives appear not to have read the specs and either didn't pre-partition the drives, or have their own strange system. In either case, salvage the data, and cfdisk the device. The hotplug system uses a bunch of data from /proc/ to get it's required info. For some reason, the required sub tree of /proc/ doesn't show up automatically. To mount it, add this to your fstab; none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 This should also fix the usbdevfs lines. You need to have usbdevfs compiled into your kernel. Regards Edward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
