On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 04:34, Markku Kolkka wrote: > > I did try just mounting the device, but got an error message: > > # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf > > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > Do you have a formatted CF card in the reader? Probably not... I would've guessed that the CF card had to be mounted prior to formatting, but apparently I thought wrong :) > > > I've enclosed the complete instructions provided by Antec in > > the hopes that someone can "translate" this, and help me round > > up the required kernel sources, etc. My confusion starts with > > Step 1: Where do I get FC2 kernel source & where does it get > > installed? > > FC2 already has all the necessary support enabled, just ignore > the "instructions" from Antec and start looking for the actual > problem. Does the system log (/var/log/messages) show that the > reader is detected? I've attached a couple of passages from /var/log/messages that pertain to the CF card reader. If I read these correctly, the first passage tells me that the system tried to mount sda (the CF card reader), but found no CF card (which is true - on 31 Oct I'd not tried the CF card). The second passage seems to say, "I am mounting this device, but I see no partition table." So - I gather it is as you indicated: The system support is there; what I need to do is: 1) [optionally] partition the device /dev/sda 2) format the drive sda using mkfs 3) mount sda (e.g. mount/dev/sda /mnt/cf) Thanks for your help - any further suggestions would also be appreciated. Jay ------ First passage from /var/log/messages ---------- Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using address 2 Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: Vendor: USB2.0 Model: CF CardReader Rev: Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: device-mapper: 4.1.0-ioctl (2003-12-10) initialised: dm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Oct 31 02:08:33 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. ------ Second passage from /var/log/messages ---------- Nov 6 14:28:47 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB) Nov 6 14:28:47 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled Nov 6 14:28:47 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Nov 6 14:28:47 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB) Nov 6 14:28:47 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled Nov 6 14:28:47 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Nov 6 14:28:48 localhost kernel: sda: unknown partition table
