Re: USB flash drive not automounting or mounting

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 13:30:01 -0800
Rob Blomquist <rob.blomquist@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I asked this earlier, and several asked for more information about what is
going or not going on on my system. I am trying to figure out if something is
missing, or if something needs manual configuration on my system.

Here's the output from lsmod | grep usb:
usb_storage 69056 0
usbserial 29896 1 visor
usbhid 32224 0
usbcore 118980 8
usb_storage,visor,usbserial,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_core 139940 5
usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx
scsi_mod 125228 3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata

Here's what happens when my PNY 256Mb flash drive is inserted:
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: usb 3-5: new high speed USB device using
address 31
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
devices
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: Vendor: PNY Model: USB 2.0 FD
Rev: 1.13
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 487424 512-byte hdwr
sectors(250 MB)
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: sdb: assuming Write Enabled
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0

And that's where it ends. I would think that something should now pick it up
and automount it. Let me try to mount it:
# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /media/flash
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

# dmesg | tail
usb 3-5: new high speed USB device using address 31
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: PNY Model: USB 2.0 FD Rev: 1.13
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sdb: 487424 512-byte hdwr sectors (250 MB)
sdb: assuming Write Enabled
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
/dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 31

# mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb /media/flash
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

# dmesg | tail
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sdb: 487424 512-byte hdwr sectors (250 MB)
sdb: assuming Write Enabled
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
/dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 31
NTFS-fs error (device sdb): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is
invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device sdb): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option
errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device sdb): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.

Now, just for yucks I added the following line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/sdb /media/flash auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

#mount /dev/sdb
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

Here's lsmod again just to compare:
# lsmod| grep usb
usb_storage 69056 0
usbserial 29896 1 visor
usbhid 32224 0
usbcore 118980 8
usb_storage,visor,usbserial,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_core 139940 5
usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx
scsi_mod 125228 3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata



Ummm... is it formatted?

Ok from all this, I wonder if the drive is corrupt. It is connected. Why can't
I manually mount it?

maybe its not formatted?

I don't know. Why doesn't something try to automount it
for me?

because nothing is configured to automount it for you?


Beyond this, I know not what to do other than to try it on another computer.
Your suggestions would be appreciated.

well trying another machine would certainly provide so insight as to whether the problem is realted to the media or the machine.

A


Rob



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