Hi Todd, > I can't imagine how one would mount an unpartitioned drive, Well, Windows manages to read and write to it.
I've since plugged it into a fat linux and partitioned and formatted it. Now it works. I've done this with a couple of usb drives recently but was under the impression that ltsp4.2u3 managed these devices 'as is'. Looks like ltsp4.2u3 doesn't do it which makes me wonder what "Added support for un-partitioned USB Memory sticks to be properly recognized as a local device" actually means? Chris. On 1/23/07, Todd Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris- > > I can't imagine how one would mount an unpartitioned drive, unless it > (the machine) automatically partitioned the drive for you, which is a > bad idea, since it could lead to good data being lost if the machine > made a mistake and tried to 'help' by partitioning a good drive. > > What I did was install the fdisk and mkfs.msdos commands into my LTSP > root (I have debian sarge, so I was able to just copy the sarge files > over). The first thing I did was run fdisk on the terminal and > completely remove all partitions on the thumb drive, and create a single > FAT16 partition, and ran mkfs.msdos on the thumb drive. I don't know > what these thumb drive manufacturers are doing, but the partition tables > on these drives are really crazy. My Kingston had four partitions, and > I think all of them had overlapping extents, so it would not mount. I > deleted them all and recreated a single partition, and every system > (Win/Mac/Linux) is happy with it now. > > fdisk is a little cryptic at first, but really the only commands you > really need to know are: > p - display the existing partition table > d - delete a partition > n - create a new partition (use type 6 for FAT16) > w - save changes and exit > ctrl-c - Cancel changes and exit! > > I'm sure there is a way to batch fdisk so you could make a script to > clean a thumb drive and reformat it with a single click, but I have > never tried this. > > -Todd > > > > Chris Fanning wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been going through this and no luck. > > What is meant by "Added support for un-partitioned USB Memory sticks > > to be properly recognized as a local device" as stated in the wiki? > > > > Should I expect "sda: unknown partition table" to get mounted? > > > > Thanks. > > Chris. > > > > On 1/22/07, Chris Fanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I've read that LTSP-4.2 update 3 added support for un-partitioned USB > >> Memory sticks to be properly recognized as a local device. > >> > >> I've just updated and plugged in a usb pendrive that reports from dmesg > >> sda: unknown partition table > >> > >> Now, after upgrading I get the same dmesg message but still no icon on > >> the desktop. > >> Other usb devices work. > >> > >> Any help please? > >> > >> Chris. > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
