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 1EljoP-0005Ha-BY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:17:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBC9GgGD004058; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:16:42 GMT Received: from heisenberg.zen.co.uk (heisenberg.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.141]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBC98ksw012217 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:08:47 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desiato.digimed.co.uk) by heisenberg.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Eljfq-0002NC-Nf for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:08:46 +0000 Received: from krikkit.digimed.co.uk (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC253140010C for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:08:43 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:12:22 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive) Message-ID: <20051212091222.3e92517f@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1134370547.11751.9.camel@orpheus> References: <1134370547.11751.9.camel@orpheus> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0-rc1 (GTK+ 2.8.8; powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_tAzqqcF_ptUT=2__z908wiW"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Originating-Heisenberg-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: ee378708-0c9d-4d00-be7b-7c68df36ab8b X-Archives-Hash: 6cb7ff7d5852b5b7cc872e0d778a282a --Sig_tAzqqcF_ptUT=2__z908wiW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:25:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > 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:=20 This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not partitioned. > dmesg reports >=20 > 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 It is detecting sda here, with no partitions, but giving no other information. Do you have SCSI disk support in your kernel? > The drive shows under windows, after the 3 card reader slots. Do other USB mass storage devices work with Linux for you? --=20 Neil Bothwick WinErr 010: Reserved for future mistakes by our developers --Sig_tAzqqcF_ptUT=2__z908wiW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDnT72um4al0N1GQMRAkqQAJwIyX7AAHOWC2yChbzNWUKssvWdvwCeM6Fl P8vzo0R/fvgJSOBQWVCGGKY= =fZBC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_tAzqqcF_ptUT=2__z908wiW-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list