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)


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