On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 02:19, John Fleming wrote: > 1. It appears in the hardware browser as sda and sda1 - sda1 appears to > have the right amount of space available (says fat16). However, I can't > mount it or otherwise figure out how to use it. This is up to date FC1 > on a new Dell 600SC. If I plug it in while sitting at the console > screen, I get a message about generic USB storage and the device not > being claimed by any driver. My online research hasn't turned up > anything with positive results. I've tried modprobe usb-storage and > mounting to no avail. When you did: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy It didn't work? Pasting a bit of the /var/log/messages that are relevant will be helpful, also, what kernel are you using? > 2. Now, the REALLY difficult part - I CAN'T GET THE DARNED THING OUT OF > THE MACHINE NOW!!!!!! I've always thought of USB connections as "wimpy" > - Things that can go in that easily might come out easily too! However, > I've pulled with almost all my might, sorrying about the board to which > it's attached (motherboard I assume), with slight up/down and side to > side pressure, but it simply won't come out! Anyone ever run into this > with a USB connection and have an easy solution??? I'd hate to get any > more frustrated and destroy my new server! ARRRGH. No, looks like a hardware issue. Make sure booting off the USB key is disabled in BIOS, otherwise the computer won't boot any longer :) -- Colin Charles, byte@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bytebot.net/
