Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 10:51 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:11:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > It appears the final solution is: > > > > 1) CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y > > 2) linux-2.6.15-rc5 > > I have a multi-card reader that works find with CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y > and

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:11:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > It appears the final solution is: > > 1) CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y > 2) linux-2.6.15-rc5 I have a multi-card reader that works find with CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y and older kernel versions. -- Neil Bothwick Employ teenagers - while they

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-13 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2005 06:41 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: > Now I see /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc, and /dev/sdd, which holds the > harddrive partitions! Just a hint: These device names may change depending on the order you plug in your (USB) devices (i.e. when you plug in a USB stick befo

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 08:48 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:57:44 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > > What does tail-f /var/log/messages show while you plug in the > > > > device? > > [snip] > > Only one device is detected, despite there being four. Did you say the HD > sh

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:57:44 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > What does tail-f /var/log/messages show while you plug in the > > > device? > > Dec 12 23:15:25 orpheus usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 5 > Dec 12 23:15:54 orpheus usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using > ehci_hcd and address 6 Dec

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 10:43 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 12/12/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:44:35 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > > > > > This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not > > > > partitioned. > > > > > > thats what I pr

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-12 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/12/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:44:35 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > > This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not > > > partitioned. > > > > thats what I presumed, but 1) I can't `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp`; and 2) > > in windows

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:44:35 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not > > partitioned. > > thats what I presumed, but 1) I can't `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp`; and 2) > in windows I see 4 drives (3 card reader slots, and the internal hd), > not o

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 10:24 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 12. Dezember 2005 07:55 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: > > > Unable to open /dev/sda > > Do you have CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m (aka SCSI Disk support) in your kernel > config? yep, actually its its CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y thanks, -- Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi, thanks for your help, On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 09:12 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:25:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > All I've found so far, is something mentioning the "superfloppy" format > > (what's that?). Supposedly I can `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp` (note the > >

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-12 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 12. Dezember 2005 07:55 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: > dmesg reports > > usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 > scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > usb-storage: device found at 7 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > V

Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:25:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > All I've found so far, is something mentioning the "superfloppy" format > (what's that?). Supposedly I can `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp` (note the > sda, not sdax) but this doesn't work: This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk,

[gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)

2005-12-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi all, I have just purchased the Vosonic X's-Drive 6230 (hate that punctuation ;) under the promise of linux support... Well, it "doesn't" work for me - there is one or two unhelpful lines of text on their website that mention linux. All I've found so far, is something mentioning the "superflo