problems with usb memory stick on fedora core 3

[cmap]

hi
I'm having a problem getting my usb stick working on fedora core 3.
When I plug it in I get -
Apr 11 10:51:12 galaxy kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
Apr 11 10:51:12 galaxy kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Apr 11 10:51:12 galaxy kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 11 10:51:12 galaxy kernel: sdb: sdb1
Apr 11 10:51:15 galaxy kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
Apr 11 10:51:15 galaxy kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Apr 11 10:51:15 galaxy kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 11 10:51:15 galaxy kernel: sdb: sdb1

so I try mounting that and it sees only 1mb.
I tried fdisk -

Disk /dev/sdb: 1 MB, 1474560 bytes
1 heads, 3 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 3 * 512 = 1536 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System



Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (2-960, default 2):
Using default value 2
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (2-960, default 960):
Using default value 960

and also mke2fs

mke2fs 1.36 (05-Feb-2005)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
184 inodes, 1436 blocks
71 blocks (4.94%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=1572864
1 block group
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
184 inodes per group

Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

but always /dev/sdb1 1408 19 1318 2% /media/floppy


how can I get this to work as 128mb ? its fine on a windows box.
Elaine

[Nerderello]

how odd. I use a 128mb USB mem stick with my FC3 with no bother. It gets automounted to /media/USB_DISK (the mountpoint seems to be created by the automounter, as it disappears when I unplug). I get an icon on the Gnome desktop (also KDE if I'm using that instead). No need to mount or anything. And no need to do any formating or make file systems.

I do get some SCSI error messages, especially if I plug in before I have logged on. These get sent to the console (Ctrl Alt F1) as well as the syslog.

So, sorry if this isn't the answer you were after, but res asured it does work with FC3.

Have you had a look at the /media folder, which is where FC3 mounts such things as CDROMs, DVDs, USB disks, USB mem sticks, and floppy diskettes.

have fun

Nerderello

[bryansmith]

Hi all,

When I was using FC3, I never really had a problem with my USB memory stick (although sometimes it calculated the space wrong). I don't know if this will make a difference but maybe you could try unmounting and remounting the USB memory stick manually. I find sometimes just restarting or refreshing something tends to fix things (happened when I was using Windows - just restart and that would solve many of the weird problems).

Hope that helps,
Bryan

[cmap]

hi

Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: Vendor: Model: USB DISK Pro Rev: PMAP
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: SCSI device sda: 250880 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB)
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: SCSI device sda: 250880 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB)
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sda: sda1
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: Vendor: Model: USB DISK Pro Rev: PMAP
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy scsi.agent[31653]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.2/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/host6/target6:0:0/6:0:0:0
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 12 11:52:14 galaxy kernel: sdb: unknown partition table

i don't get any luck mounting /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 though. In /media there is only floppy and cdrecorder and in /mnt nothing. There is also no /devices. I guess part the answer is its not sdb but sda but how do i get it mounted or is it already mounted somewhere ?

[bryansmith]

Hi cmap,

How many usb ports do you have? If you have more than two, you might want to try /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3...all the way up to /dev/sda[num of usb ports - 1]

Hope that helps,
Bryan

[cmap]

thanks but still no luck...

[linkux]

Do you have the latest udev, hal, hotplug, and other hardware-related package updates? I had a horrible time with hardware with a "stock" FC3 install. I had to read every description of every update and install all of the hardware/peripheral related updates. Now I can hotplug and automount my 40GB USB drive and my 128MB USB flash key drive.

If your machine is up to date, then, well, good luck.

[cmap]

yeah its totally patched up. given up.