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 1ElzyR-0006c9-9i for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:33:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBD2WAgP025729; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:32:10 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (cumulus.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBD2SIi1028436 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:28:19 GMT Received: from orpheus (unknown [150.101.6.82]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D917CA57 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:28:16 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive) From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <7573e9640512120943o5e41c294v67b0bb16e5901eb2@mail.gmail.com> References: <1134370547.11751.9.camel@orpheus> <20051212091222.3e92517f@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <1134393275.12060.2.camel@orpheus> <20051212135430.6bc6c486@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <7573e9640512120943o5e41c294v67b0bb16e5901eb2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:57:44 +0930 Message-Id: <1134440864.10068.8.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: a53956c0-f77e-4d82-b1b4-2216c9bb953b X-Archives-Hash: c725c4d3b4337db1f7cd2601d75efa14 On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 10:43 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 12/12/05, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:44:35 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > > > > > This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not > > > > partitioned. > > > > > > thats what I presumed, but 1) I can't `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp`; and 2) > > > in windows I see 4 drives (3 card reader slots, and the internal hd), > > > not one - how can I get 4 drives from /dev/sda? > > > > You wouldn't, they are separate drives, so they'd be sda, sdb... and yet, there is only /dev/sda, no /dev/sd[b|c|d] (maybe this is the probe all LUN's option below?) > > What does tail-f /var/log/messages show while you plug in the device? Dec 12 23:15:25 orpheus usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 5 Dec 12 23:15:54 orpheus usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 Dec 12 23:15:54 orpheus scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 12 23:15:54 orpheus usb-storage: device found at 6 Dec 12 23:15:54 orpheus usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Dec 12 23:15:59 orpheus Vendor: Model: VP6230 Rev: 1.07 Dec 12 23:15:59 orpheus Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Dec 12 23:15:59 orpheus sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Dec 12 23:15:59 orpheus sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Dec 12 23:15:59 orpheus usb-storage: device scan complete Dec 12 23:15:59 orpheus scsi.agent[31638]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0 > Also, you might need to turn on "Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device" > under SCSI configuration to see all of the different card readers and > drives on that device. wierd, I enabled this option, and my kernel can't boot anymore! I get some message about unable to mount (or umount - can't remember) initramfs, and something about /dev not existing!! I'm currently playing around with SCSI options in the kernel to see if I can get this working... thanks for the help so far, -- Iain Buchanan You have junk mail. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list