[Wylug-help] USB memory sticks

[Gary Stainburn]

Hmmm, replying to my own posts again......

On Wednesday 19 November 2003 10:55 am, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> After mentioning these to one of our directors he's decided that it's
> essential that he has one of these things - why doesn't matter, he-ll think
> of something.
>
> Anyway, I've got my hands on it first, so:
>
> On Tuesday 18 November 2003 10:38 am, lists at mungewell.org wrote:
> > Hi Gary,
> > Most USB memory sticks will be designed as a USB Mass Storage device, and
> > presumably be formated MSDOS/VFAT (the one I have is...).
> >
> > You'll need 'USB Core' and 'USB Storage' in your kernel, insert stick
> > and then mount it with something like 'mount -t msdos /dev/sda1
> > /floppy'.
>
> I've inserted the memory stick into the USB socket andthen tried:
>
> mount -t msdos /dev/sda1 /mnt/floppy
>
> but it just comes back saying invalid filesystem.  If I use a different
> device, e.g. /dev/sda[23] I get the same error message.
>
> How can I check that the relevent USB stuff is in the kernel, or loadable
> as modules?
> How can I detect which SCSI device is being used?

I've found the command usbview which does indeed see the memory stick and does
report it as a mass storage device.  However, I still can't mount it.

>
> > You'll also find that some other devices will also work quite happily
> > with this method, i.e. camcorders with memory sticks built in and MP3
> > players.
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Simon
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:11:29AM +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > has anyone got any experience/recomendations regarding the USB memory
> > > sticks available from CCL - specifically the Sony Micro Vault and the
> > > Freecom FM10.
> > >
> > > In my ignorance, I asume that the filesystem on these things is
> > > standard, and therefore would be equally accessible to WinXP and Linux
> > > (RH7.3+errata) systems - am I correct?
> > >
> > > If these are not a viable option, has anyone alternatives I can look
> > > at? --
> > > Gary Stainburn
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