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can't mount USB storage
Posted: 10 Feb 2008, 11:11
by msx
I've just upgraded to a clean etch
The update process worked perfectly, but now i've a little problem with usb memory. I insert it but then i can't mount becouse there's no /dev/sda* "file".
That's strange becouse dmesg tells me the usb is recognized and on sda1:
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: SAMSUNG Model: HM160HI Rev:
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
usb-storage: device scan complete
Is there something i miss?
Posted: 11 Feb 2008, 07:27
by vecka53
I don't know exact how to do this but try this:
#cd /dev
#MAKEDEV sd
I had a problem with not having /dev/ttyUSB0 but when i did MAKEDEV usb (as root in the /dev directory) it created the right "files" in /dev directory!
/Markus
Posted: 11 Feb 2008, 07:43
by msx
thanks i'll try this evening!
Posted: 11 Feb 2008, 07:59
by vecka53
You can also check out
#man MAKEDEV
A lot of nice reading!
Posted: 11 Feb 2008, 14:18
by msx
worked great, thanks
i don't understand why it didn't create them automatically.. anyone installing etch-light had the same issue ?
Posted: 14 Feb 2008, 04:20
by tor
msx,
for the devicenodes to be created dynamically you have to install
udev. The minimal etch install is really a barebone install. You need to add all bells and whistles yourself
/Tor
Posted: 29 May 2008, 02:50
by microcode
msx wrote:i don't understand why it didn't create them automatically.. anyone installing etch-light had the same issue ?
Yes, I had the same problem. And I am glad I found this thread! Thanks for the tip,
vecka53.
Mounting the USB drive allows me to put some scripts on there that I can then use to automate the reconfiguration of my Bubba. That is a big time saver.
For the sake of completeness, these are commands I used to mount the USB drive after a fresh install:
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cd /dev
MAKEDEV sd
mkdir /mnt/usb
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
cd /mnt/usb