Hi, I tried Kanotix and my USB flascard reader works in Kanotix but not in Mepis. It's the same kernel 2.6.10 but maybe with different patches.
The fstab in kanotix looks like this: # /etc/fstab: filesystem table. # # filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass /dev/hdb2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1 iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0 /dev/dvd /dvd iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdaudio /cdaudio iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs auto,users,exec,ro,umask=000 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hda2 none swap defaults 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 auto,users,exec 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=mixed,quiet 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0 The Fstab in Mepis 3.3 looks like this: # Static entries below, do not use 'users' option in this area /dev/hda3 / auto defaults,noatime 1 1 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,dev,ro 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,users,dev,ro 0 0 /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy vfat,ext2,hfsplus noauto,users,dev 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/drive vfat,ext2,hfsplus noauto,users,dev 0 0 # Dynamic entries below, identified by 'users' option /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=0222 0 0 /dev/hda2 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/hdb2 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0 sdb1 that is my flash card reader is added in Kanotix but not in Mepis - why? It also works in Kanotix but of course not in Mepis mtab in Kanotix looks like this (if it's to any use): /dev/hdb2 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs ro,nosuid,nodev,umask=000 0 0 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=000,shortname=mixed,quiet 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,devmode=0666 0 0 automount(pid2879) /mnt/auto autofs rw,fd=4,pgrp=2879,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0 In Mepis does it look like this: /dev/hda3 / auto rw,noatime 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0622,gid=100,mode=0622 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,devmode=0666 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 OK - I like Mepis much better but if I can't load my pictures and work with them I must have another distribution that supports to mount USB drives without too much configuration! I can investigate kanotix further if that could be of any help, but please tell me exactly what to do as I'm no Linux guru! Per _______________________________________________ Dev-mepis mailing list [email protected] http://mepis.org/mailman/listinfo/dev-mepis_mepis.org
