question about USB external flash drive in linux

[Qiang]

hi,

I plug my 128MB flash key into RedHat 8 kernel 2.4.20

lsmod output:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
usb-storage 75200 0
scsi_mod 110936 1 [usb-storage]
ide-cd 35808 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 34176 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
autofs 13684 0 (autoclean) (unused)
iptable_filter 2412 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables 15864 1 [iptable_filter]
tulip 44544 1
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
mousedev 5688 1
hid 22404 0 (unused)
input 6208 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 27468 0 (unused)
usbcore 82816 1 [usb-storage hid usb-uhci]
ext3 73376 5
jbd 56336 5 [ext3]


from /var/log/messages

Sep 17 13:20:47 pn1124 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.2-1,
assigned address 2
Sep 17 13:20:47 pn1124 kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod
0x9a6/0x8001) is not claimed by any active driver.
Sep 17 13:20:51 pn1124 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for
USB product 9a6/8001/100
Sep 17 13:20:51 pn1124 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Sep 17 13:20:52 pn1124 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Sep 17 13:20:52 pn1124 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver
usb-storage
Sep 17 13:20:52 pn1124 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Sep 17 13:20:52 pn1124 kernel: Vendor: NEWMAN Model: NEWMAN FLASH
DIS Rev: 1.00
Sep 17 13:20:52 pn1124 kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Sep 17 13:20:52 pn1124 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Sep 17 13:20:53 pn1124 devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted

look into /proc/bus/usb/devices, it's empty.

it looks the module loaded fine, so does the device. but there is no
info about where did it mounted or if it's mouted.

what am i missing?

Qiang

[Lenard]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:45:54 -0700, Qiang typed:

> hi,
>
> I plug my 128MB flash key into RedHat 8 kernel 2.4.20

<snip>

> what am i missing?

Check that the flash drive is recognized as a scsi drive;

cat /proc/scsi/scsi

As root form the console or xterm session, create the mountpoint;

mkdir /mnt/usb

Then mount the flash drive;

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /dev/usb

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[Anton Erasmus]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:37:40 GMT, Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:45:54 -0700, Qiang typed:
>

>> hi,
>>
>> I plug my 128MB flash key into RedHat 8 kernel 2.4.20

>
><snip>
>

>> what am i missing?

>
>Check that the flash drive is recognized as a scsi drive;
>
>cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>
>As root form the console or xterm session, create the mountpoint;
>
>mkdir /mnt/usb
>
>Then mount the flash drive;
>
>mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /dev/usb

Much easier to add an entry to your updfstab.conf.default file.
Then you plug it in it automatically creates amount point
at /mnt/<something> where <something> is normally flash.
You then just do mount /mnt/flash.
When the device is removed the /mnt/flash dissapears.
When you plug it in, it again appears after a couple of seconds.
This works on RH9, I am not sure whether this is available
under RH8.
To get the device name that the updfstab should look for,
use the cat/proc/scsi/scsi as above.

Regards
Anton Erasmus