From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Elhgc-0001bN-Bn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:01:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBC70Vhm005534; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:00:31 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (thunder.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.71]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBC6uR26015729 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:56:28 GMT Received: from orpheus (unknown [150.101.6.82]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF4C24A844 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:56:21 +1100 (EST) Subject: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive) From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:25:47 +0930 Message-Id: <1134370547.11751.9.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c2e7c6dc-0c8e-487f-bbba-29e57507f0bc X-Archives-Hash: dfb98a6a82e5127579298eaa28054402 Hi all, I have just purchased the Vosonic X's-Drive 6230 (hate that punctuation ;) under the promise of linux support... Well, it "doesn't" work for me - there is one or two unhelpful lines of text on their website that mention linux. All I've found so far, is something mentioning the "superfloppy" format (what's that?). Supposedly I can `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp` (note the sda, not sdax) but this doesn't work: $ sudo mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp/ mount: No medium found There is no /dev/sda1, sda2, etc, as per my other usb storage drives (only my internal hard drive shows): $ cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 3 0 58605120 hda 3 1 40131 hda1 3 2 10498477 hda2 3 3 104422 hda3 3 4 1 hda4 3 5 1060258 hda5 3 6 10594836 hda6 3 7 17157388 hda7 3 8 5783368 hda8 3 9 13366048 hda9 dmesg reports usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb-storage: device found at 7 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Vendor: Model: VP6230 Rev: 1.07 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 usb-storage: device scan complete fdisk doesn't work either: $ sudo fdisk /dev/sda Password: Unable to open /dev/sda I heard some whispers of other vosonic owners - how did you get your drive working? I have a plain IBM 20Gb in it at the moment, formatted with the X's Drive itself. The drive shows under windows, after the 3 card reader slots. MTIA! -- Iain Buchanan Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit. [There is no great genius without some touch of madness.] -- Seneca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list