On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Steev wrote: > I am having an issue with a Firefly USB external 20GB hard drive. Using > kernel 2.6.11 and below, the device mounted fine. However, mm-sources > from 2.6.12-rc4-mm1 and above (and 2.6.12) it no longer mounts fine. > > Not entirely true - It does, if I create the mount point manually, > however, I use pmount and hal/dbus. I have tracked down the error, by using > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ pmount -d /dev/sda1 /media/FIREFLY > resolved /dev/sda1 to device /dev/sda1 > mount point to be used: /media/FIREFLY > no iocharset given, current locale encoding is UTF-8 > locale encoding uses UTF-8, setting iocharset to 'utf8' > Cleaning lock directory /var/lock/pmount/_dev_sda1 > find_sysfs_device: looking for sysfs directory for device 8:1 > find_sysfs_device: checking whether /dev/sda1 is on /sys/block/sda (8:0) > find_sysfs_device: major device numbers match > find_sysfs_device: minor device numbers do not match, checking > partitions...find_sysfs_device: checking whether device /dev/sda1 > matches partition 8:0 > find_sysfs_device: checking whether device /dev/sda1 matches partition 8:1 > find_sysfs_device: -> partition matches, belongs to block device > /sys/block/sda > device_removable: corresponding block device for /dev/sda1 is /sys/block/sda > get_blockdev_attr: value of /sys/block/sda/removable == 0 > Error: device /dev/sda1 is not removable > policy check failed > > I am not sure what all information to provide, this is on a Sharp Mebius > laptop, I use the uhci-hcd module, and usb mass storage. > > cat /sys/block/sda/removable returns 0 (it should return 1 shouldn't it?)
No, it should return 0. The "removable" attribute refers to the drive's media. For example, a ZIP drive stores data on cartridges that can be inserted or removed from the drive, so it uses removable media. Your Firefly drive does not have removable media. Apparently the author of pmount or the policy check has confused "removable" with "hot-pluggable". Your USB drive is hot-pluggable but it does not have removable media. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
