USB Flash Disk

[__Michael__]

I have a 128mb USB flash disk and i cant get it woking with mandrake 9.1
Can someone foward me to some drivers?

redards,

Michael

[e_dreamer]

you don't need drivers for the flash disk I belive.

Using a USB storage device requires that your kernel have the following compiled as modules (or internal to the kernel):

CONFIG_USB
CONFIG_USB_UHCI
CONFIG_USB_OHCI
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
These devices also use SCSI, so remember to make sure your kernel supports SCSI generic and SCSI disk. Once you have a suitable kernel, proceed.

You must determine which adapter driver to use. Generally, an Intel or Via motherboard will need usb-ohci.o; motherboards by Compaq, OPTi, SiS, and ALI need uchi.o (so do iMacs). To ensure you have the correct apadter, examine /proc/pci like so:

cat /proc/pci|grep -i usb
If the entry is of the form 0xe400, use Uhci.o; if it is 0xee000000 then you should use usb-ohci.o. Failing that, just try one or both.
To get the device working:

Load the SCSI drivers
modprobe sg
modprobe ide-scsi
Load the USB drivers
modprobe usbcore
modprobe usb-uhci/usb-ohci
modprobe usb-storage
If you wish to have these modules loaded at boot, add them to modules.conf/conf.modules in /etc
Create an fstab entry
echo "/dev/sda4 /mnt/usb vfat noauto,user 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
Create the mount-point
mkdir -p /mnt/usb
Mount the drive
mount /mnt/usb

-credits to Marianne Taylor


hope that helped

[Chris H]

Is a flash disk the same as a memory stick?

[e_dreamer]

If it isn't then I have missed a huge chunk of hardware out of my knowledge

There are varying types as far as I am aware, but "memory sticks" and "flash disks" and "usb drives" are all the same thing as far as the OS is concerned.

[flw]

I just noticed you molecule has a broken chain? waz up with it?

[flw]

Most but not all USB thumb drives are USB 2.0 which will not work with a USB 1.1 driver. Where to get a 2.0 drv, I don't know. But its on my list of many things to figure out.

[CopperTop]

USB 2.0 is supported in kernel 2.5.2 and later.

[Chris H]

My usb stick works fine with 9.1

All I did was plug it in on bootup and since then it's been just like plug'n'play.

[flw]

My usb stick works fine with 9.1

All I did was plug it in on bootup and since then it's been just like plug'n'play.

I assume your stick was fat32 and not ntfs? Or you recompiled your kernal with ntfs support.

[Chris H]

My usb stick works fine with 9.1

All I did was plug it in on bootup and since then it's been just like plug'n'play.

I assume your stick was fat32 and not ntfs? Or you recompiled your kernal with ntfs support.

Came as fat32 i think