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trek
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 Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:45 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] mounting a usb floppy drive |
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I need to find out what device my usb floppy drive is on so that i can mount it. How would i do that? Thanks.
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jdaugherty
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| After plugging the device in, do a "dmesg" It will show the location that it created the device block in /dev/. You can also try "lsusb" to find out what usb devices you have plugged into your machine and their location (I think). |
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trek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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When I run lsusb, it prints:
| Code: | Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03ee:6901 Mitsumi SmartDisk FDD
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05af:080a Jing-Mold Enterprise Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
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And the applicable part of dmesg printed is:
| Code: | USB Mass Storage device found at 4
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 4
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 5
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: MITSUMI Model: USB FDD Rev: 1039
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
USB Mass Storage device found at 5
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Is possible to derive the location of the device in /dev from this? |
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jdaugherty
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Is there any other dmesg output then what you gave? I'd guess from reading what you posted that it would be under /dev/usb/fd* or /dev/sd* or /dev/fd* |
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widan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Like all USB storage, it acts like an SCSI device, on /dev/sdX (the exact device depends on the presence of other scsi or scsi-like devices).
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trek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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That is the only thing new that it outputed in dmesg. I tried mount /dev/fd/* /mnt/floppy and I got:
| Code: | | mount: /dev/fd/0 is not a block device |
for each one. /dev/sd doesn't exist and there is nothing in my /dev/usb/ folder. |
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widan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| trek wrote: | | /dev/sd doesn't exist |
Try /dev/sda, maybe sdb or the next ones if you have other SCSI-like devices. |
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trek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I have /dev/scsi/ but that folder is empty as well, but i don't have anything involving /dev/sd, /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, or the likes. |
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jdaugherty
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| What is in the folder /dev/usb |
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trek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | What is in the folder /dev/usb |
nothing. |
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jdaugherty
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Is there something called /dev/scsi5? (Just a wild guess) |
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trek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| i checked my config and apparently I didn't have floppy disk support built into the kernel. I recompiled and it works now. Thanks for all your help guys. |
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