Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:47:24 -0500, Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might try opening a terminal and issuing a service -f devfsd which will restart devfs and recreate the links to the devices. It may, and I repeat may, cause the new card to be read without having to crawl around to unplug

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:38:09 -0500, Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just tried this with my smart media reader. I don't have supermount or auto enabled for the device (ie I have to manually mount/umount it). I put in a card and issue a mount /mnt/smedia and as expected the card

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 11:08 am, RichardA wrote: I hate fstab. All those optional fields. Isn't there a gui for it? Anyway, I had this: /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0 Not knowing which auto you meant, I amended the

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread John Richard Smith
RichardA wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:38:09 -0500, Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just tried this with my smart media reader. I don't have supermount or auto enabled for the device (ie I have to manually mount/umount it). I put in a card and issue a mount /mnt/smedia and as

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread mike
John Richard Smith wrote: RichardA wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:38:09 -0500, Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just tried this with my smart media reader. I don't have supermount or auto enabled for the device (ie I have to manually mount/umount it). I put in a card and issue a

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:38:09 -0500, Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just tried this with my smart media reader. I don't have supermount or auto enabled for the device (ie I have to manually mount/umount it). I put in a card and issue a mount /mnt/smedia and as expected the card

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread John Richard Smith
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 11 September 2003 09:36 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I have this in my fstab, /dev/sda1 /mnt/reader vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 but like you it will not unmount in GUI I get umount: /mnt/reader: device is busy and , umount /mnt/reader

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread Michael Lothian
n Thursday 11 September 2003 09:36 am, John Richard Smith wrote: One thing to keep in mind about mounted drives, especially with removable media is that once you mount the drive and open it up with any application, the drive will stay active until the application is closed. So, if I open a

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread RichardA
On 09 Sep 2003 20:22:59 -0700, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny my USB pen drive is shown on the desktop as harddisk sda1 and I have to mount and un mount it manualy. I didn't do anything I just plugged it in. But what if you plugged in a different pen drive? Richard -- Get up and

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread Michael Lothian
Think this is a cross between a hotplug error and a removable source being treated as a harddisk You shouldn't need to run diskdrake each time, hotplug should do it all automatically. Prolem is hotplug doesn't relise anything has changed until the whole device is removed and reinsterted.

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread Michael Lothian
I have a 6 in 1 card reader (well it has 4 slots init) sda, sdb, sdc and sdd are the devices the extra number on the end is the partition on the disk. Since all card reader use the scsi module they are treated as hard disks. The problem is we can remove the card without removing the whole

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread Aron Smith
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 07:06, RichardA wrote: On 09 Sep 2003 20:22:59 -0700, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny my USB pen drive is shown on the desktop as harddisk sda1 and I have to mount and un mount it manualy. I didn't do anything I just plugged it in. But what if you

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:23:51 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 6 in 1 card reader (well it has 4 slots init) sda, sdb, sdc and sdd are the devices the extra number on the end is the partition on the disk. Since all card reader use the scsi module they are treated as

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:16:37 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Think this is a cross between a hotplug error and a removable source being treated as a harddisk You shouldn't need to run diskdrake each time, hotplug should do it all automatically. Yes, that's a different

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread RichardA
On 10 Sep 2003 09:24:41 -0700, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 07:06, RichardA wrote: On 09 Sep 2003 20:22:59 -0700, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny my USB pen drive is shown on the desktop as harddisk sda1 and I have to mount and un mount it

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-10 Thread Aron Smith
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:24, RichardA wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:16:37 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Think this is a cross between a hotplug error and a removable source being treated as a harddisk You shouldn't need to run diskdrake each time, hotplug should do it

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 08 Sep 2003 11:38 pm, RichardA wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:42:56 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try running mounting auto, rather than supermount, and use KwikDisk. Tried with and without supermount. And doesn't KwikDisk just automate the mount command? KwikDisk

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 9:54 am, John Richard Smith wrote: RichardA wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:27:09 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you checked that the second card doens't have any other partitions on it. Either card works, as long as it is used first.

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Michael Lothian
Hence why I use supermoung-ng it doesn't have this issue. Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 08 Sep 2003 11:38 pm, RichardA wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:42:56 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try running mounting auto, rather than supermount, and use KwikDisk. Tried with and

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 05:19 am, Michael Lothian wrote: Hence why I use supermoung-ng it doesn't have this issue. I wouldn't be certain of that. I had no trouble with supermount as shipped with 8.2 but lots of others did. 9.0 was a wash, 9.1 worked

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread RichardA
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 08:54:56 +, John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With supermount you cannot rightmouse click the desktop down to create newwhater device. Instead KDE-look'n'feel - behaviour, then put an |x| against the device, only if it's anything like my experiece it don't

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread RichardA
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 08:56:08 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's an older motherboard, it could be that APM might have shutdown power to the USB port? (only ran across that issue once, and got rid of APM as well...) stephen kuhn - owner That's good troubleshooting/lateral

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 12:30 pm, Charlie M. wrote: September 9, 2003 05:19 am, Michael Lothian wrote: Hence why I use supermoung-ng it doesn't have this issue. I wouldn't be certain of that. I had no trouble with supermount as shipped with 8.2 but lots of others did. 9.0 was a wash, 9.1

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 12:29 pm, RichardA wrote: On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 08:56:08 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's an older motherboard, it could be that APM might have shutdown power to the USB port? (only ran across that issue once, and got rid of APM as well...)

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread RichardA
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:53:59 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunatly I can't find my other mmc card to test any of this out. Could you tel me what's in your /dev/scsi all the way do disk for each card when they're actually working Also has anyone figured out how to

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread RichardA
On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:03:09 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KwikDisk is useful if you want to mount/umount when combined with automount. It may not have a bearing on your problem, but it's one thing you could try. I'd have to install KDE first. I don't think supermount is

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread RichardA
On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:56:50 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any indication that it actually unmounting? Anne Well the umount command doesn't error, and /mnt/removable empties, so I think it is. Richard -- Get up and turn I loose Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 2:41 pm, RichardA wrote: On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:56:50 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any indication that it actually unmounting? Anne Well the umount command doesn't error, and /mnt/removable empties, so I think it is. Richard It certainly

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Miark
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:19:12 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hence why I use supermoung-ng it doesn't have this issue. What's the difference between normal and ng? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 09:35 am, Miark wrote: On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:19:12 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hence why I use supermoung-ng it doesn't have this issue. What's the difference between normal and ng? Miark Renaming to

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 10:31 am, Miark wrote: I must be blind--I looked at that page and missed that whole paragraph on the rewrite to ng. So is Mandrake implementing ng in 9.2? Miark Hence why I use supermoung-ng it doesn't have this issue.

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Michael Lothian
Have you tried removing the whole card reader, changing cards and plugging the card reader back in? Think it may have something to do with linux thinging it's a usb harddisk rather than a removable media. Mike RichardA wrote: On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:53:59 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Joeb
RichardA wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:42:56 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try running mounting auto, rather than supermount, and use KwikDisk. Tried with and without supermount. And doesn't KwikDisk just automate the mount command? I don't think this is just a case of

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 10:39, Michael Lothian wrote: Have you tried removing the whole card reader, changing cards and plugging the card reader back in? Think it may have something to do with linux thinging it's a usb harddisk rather than a removable media. Mike RichardA wrote: On

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-08 Thread Michael Lothian
HAve you checked that the second card doens't have any other partitions on it. You can use mtools to check I think. I remember I has problems with an MMC card on my MP3 player cos it had a tiny partition at the end and it refused to work Alternativly you could set up up to use super mount,

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-08 Thread RichardA
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:27:09 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you checked that the second card doens't have any other partitions on it. Either card works, as long as it is used first. Alternativly you could set up up to use super mount, which would negate the need to use

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-08 Thread RichardA
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 09:40:58 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] richard]$ mount /mnt/removable/ mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified fam is doing this - you can disable it as a system service - or stop it from a term - either

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 08 Sep 2003 3:36 pm, RichardA wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:27:09 +0100, Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you checked that the second card doens't have any other partitions on it. Either card works, as long as it is used first. Alternativly you could set up up to

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-08 Thread Michael Lothian
I assume not. Or rather I've not seen any since version 7 or 8. If you use the newest kernel it uses the supermoung-ng patch so it works really well and doesn't get con-fuss-ed when you still have Konquerer open and your trying to eject a CD Try using the latest mandrake kernel or the tmb

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-08 Thread Michael Lothian
Unfortunatly I can't find my other mmc card to test any of this out. Could you tel me what's in your /dev/scsi all the way do disk for each card when they're actually working Also has anyone figured out how to get supermount devices to appear on hte desktop as the options in KDe Control

[newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-07 Thread RichardA
Hi, I can mount an sdram card using a USB device (camera or card reader), but once I've looked at one, if I unmount it, and try to mount another: [EMAIL PROTECTED] richard]$ mount /mnt/removable/ mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified I can still mount the

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 04:27, RichardA wrote: Hi, I can mount an sdram card using a USB device (camera or card reader), but once I've looked at one, if I unmount it, and try to mount another: [EMAIL PROTECTED] richard]$ mount /mnt/removable/ mount: I could not determine the filesystem