Igor Izyumin said: > On Saturday 24 August 2002 03:15 pm, Alastair Scott wrote: >> When installing (expert install, not an upgrade) I deliberately made >> sure that all devices were switched on and plugged in. This included >> my Sony Clie PEG-425T (USB connection) which has a 32MB Memory Stick >> seen as /dev/sda1 formatted as vfat so Linux can read it directly. >> This had various unfortunate consequences: >> >> Evidently both of these are undesirable; the 'drive' is too small to >> be sensible. >> >> The output of lspcidrake -v is attached, identifying 'Sony PEG Mass >> Storage'. > > Both of these are pretty much the correct behavior. The installer > doesn't check the sizes, and /dev/sda1 looks like a dos scsi drive - > the installer doesn't know if it's a hard drive, memory stick, or > something else.
Well it is not a correct behavior becuse Drake can check device and vendor id and mount it correctly i.e. /mnt/mass_storage. unknown : Sony|Sony PEG Mass Storag [Mass Storage|SFF-8070i] (vendor:054c device:006d)