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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:53 pm    Post subject: USB mount problem [***SOLVED***] Reply with quote

I am getting an error message while gentoo is loading stating
Quote:
bab format on line 23 /etc/fstab


Here is my /etc/fstab setup
Code:
# <fs>                  <mountpoint>    <type>          <opts>          <dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hdb1               /boot           ext2            noauto,noatime  1 2
/dev/hdb3               /               ext3            noatime         0 1
/dev/hdb2               none            swap            sw              0 0
/dev/hdb4               /home           ext3            noatime         0 2
#/dev/cdroms/cdrom0     /mnt/cdrecorder iso9660         noauto,user     0 0
#/dev/cdroms/cdrom1     /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         noauto,user     0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy     auto            noauto,user     0 0
/dev/sda1               /mnt/usb/drive   vfat           noauto,user     0 0

# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none                    /proc           proc            defaults        0 0

# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
#  use almost no memory if not populated with files)
shm                     /dev/shm        tmpfs           nodev,nosuid,noexec     0 0
/dev/hdd                /media/cdrecorder       auto    user,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/hdc                /media/cdrecorder1      auto    user,exec,noauto,managed 0 0


Strangly enuf my printer is also connected to another usb port but that works fine. Is there something I'm doing wrong with the usb mount??
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why do you think it's USB related? Line 23 seems the line after the last you posted. Sure that there's nothing else in /etc/fstab?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry I left out a few lines in fstab because they are # commented out. Here is fstab complete. The reason I feel it's USB related is because thats the only mount that doesnt work. It is for a card reader. And seeing that I have 3 other usb ports (besides the printer) would I have to make a mount point for each???
Code:
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/fstab,v 1.18.4.1 2005/01/31 23:05:14 vapier Exp $
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't
# needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage
# efficiency).  It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to
# switch between notail / tail freely.
#
# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.

# <fs>                  <mountpoint>    <type>          <opts>          <dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hdb1               /boot           ext2            noauto,noatime  1 2
/dev/hdb3               /               ext3            noatime         0 1
/dev/hdb2               none            swap            sw              0 0
/dev/hdb4               /home           ext3            noatime         0 2
#/dev/cdroms/cdrom0     /mnt/cdrecorder iso9660         noauto,user     0 0
#/dev/cdroms/cdrom1     /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         noauto,user     0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy     auto            noauto,user     0 0
/dev/sda1               /mnt/usb/drive  vfat            noauto,user     0 0

# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none                    /proc           proc            defaults        0 0

# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
#  use almost no memory if not populated with files)
shm                     /dev/shm                tmpfs   nodev,nosuid,noexec      0 0
/dev/hdd                /media/cdrecorder       auto    user,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/hdc                /media/cdrecorder1      auto    user,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spalmere wrote:
Sorry I left out a few lines in fstab because they are # commented out. Here is fstab complete. The reason I feel it's USB related is because thats the only mount that doesnt work. It is for a card reader. And seeing that I have 3 other usb ports (besides the printer) would I have to make a mount point for each???

Sorry for the stupid question, but what do you mean exactly with "card reader"?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a scan disk 5 in one card reader for my digital camera connected to a usb port.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyway line 23 seems to be the blank one after the usb one. Just guessing, have you built vfat support in kernel or as a module?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope did not do that. Will go to the kernel and check on that. I had to set up usb printer support in kernel before printer would work.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

USB mass storage support has a <m> everything in usb mass storage support is selected with an "*"except 'USB Mass Storage verbose debug'

I also forgot to mention that when I click on computer in gnome desktop that the drive shows up but I get a mount error clicking on the drive

Quote:
Unable to mount the selected volume


clicking on show more details shows
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mount: mount point /mnt/usb/drive does not exist

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spalmere wrote:
mount: mount point /mnt/usb/drive does not exist

For this just do
Code:
mkdir /mnt/usb/drive

For vfat you've to check VFAT (Windows-95) fs support under
Code:
-> File systems
    -> DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems

in kernel menuconfig
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the help dgaffuri all is working now. VFAT (Windows-95) fs support in genkernel menuconfig was already set. What worked for me is
Code:
 mkdir /mnt/usb/drive

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