On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 12:48, Alexander Apprich wrote: > [snip] > >> > >>What does > >> > >> locate usb-storage > >> > >>or (as root) > >> > >> modprobe usb-storage > >> > >>Say? > > > > I guess you may be right. usb-storage is indeed present, but not loaded > > automatically. I can insert module usb-storage, and it gets properly (i > > presume) 'linked' to scsi_mod. However, if i try to mount /dev/sda1, i > > still get errors: it says it is not a valid block device (which is fals, > > it works perfectly on FC1 and other linux systems). > > Do you know that your device _is_ sda1? If it's connected try (as root) > > fdisk -l > > and see if there is something that looks like your USD-Device... Yes, my device *must* be /dev/sda1. Anyhow, both hwbrowser and fdisk -l say nothing about any sd?? device. Simply, to my system memory stick are like ghosts. ;) > >>AFAIK there was a bug with usb storage in 2.6.5. An upgrade of your > >>kernel might help. > > > > That is exactly what i am running. So, i should compile a new kernel? > > Mmmmm...this is not really on the idea of a desktop distro, isn't it? > > But i wonder if i am the only one experiencing such a problem. I mean, > > memory sticks are quite normal, aren't they? Are you all using kernel > > 2.6.5.1-358 wihtout problems? > > Don't know if there is an updated kernel availible via yum/apt. But for > testing there is nothing wrong with taking a vanilla kernel from > kernel.org. > > Yep, USB-Memorysticks a quit normal, but with a kernel bug even > something normal can be a pain in the ... I know. Still i wonder if it was a good choice to release FC2 with a kernel that has such an annoying bug to normal desktop users (for a server, i probably couldn't care less...). Thanks E.
