USB Mass Storage Support

Quitch · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jun 2003 Posts: 151

Just to check whether or not this component is, as I suspect, required for USB pens?

tomthewombat · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:57 pm Post subject:

Yes, you are going to have to include this in your kernel for you pen drive to work. Even though it isn't really 'mass storage,' it uses the same protocols. I believe you are also going to need scsi hard disk support in your kernel. Then you should be able to mount the device which shows up in /dev/usb somewhere.

Quitch · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jun 2003 Posts: 151

SCSI hard disc support? You sure? Is there anything else I should know about that depends on this element?

Many thanks.

Anior · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 2:15 pm Post subject:

US Mass storage?
I'll rather have my stuff somewhere closer. :-P

Quitch · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jun 2003 Posts: 151

Heh. Whoops! Title corrected.

tomthewombat · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 2:43 pm Post subject:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=53537&highlight=mass+storage+usb

I guess you just need scsi support and not the hard disk. Things should be mostly the same for the 2.6 kernel.

Quitch · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jun 2003 Posts: 151

Wonderful, many thanks.

Maedhros · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 2:53 pm Post subject:

Hmm, further down that thread people seem to have problems without scsi disk support, and when I just plugged in my digital camera, it loaded that module (sd_mod), so I think it probably is required! :wink:

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Quitch · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jun 2003 Posts: 151

Well, under 2.6 "SCSI Support" is no longer an option, only a menu title, so I had to select SCSI Disc Support anyway.