Re: [SLE] USB sticks: previous messages and my recognition problem

From: Laurent (laurent.asorne_at_gmx.lu)
Date: 06/23/04

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    On Wednesday 23 June 2004 16:18, David Bottrill wrote:
    > Luis Angel Fernández Cuadrado said:
    > > El Miércoles, 23 de Junio de 2004 13:04, Luca Mollica escribió:
    > >> > In a shell (root):
    > >> > Try lsub (as root) and it should show something about your stick.
    > >>
    > >> The stick is recognised as USB SONY memory stick
    > >>
    > >> > So your Stick is recognized.
    > >>
    > >> Yes, it is.
    > >>
    > >> > Then try (as root) mount /dev/sda1 /mnt.
    > >>
    > >> No way!
    > >> The kernel message is the same about missing medium in the drive.
    > >> Do I have to check something more about SCSI ?
    > >> The usb-storage module is loaded.
    > >
    > > Is support for the vfat filisystem loaded? (Otherwise, try 'modprobe
    > > vfat')
    > >
    > > You can also try 'mount -t vfat /dev/sdax /mnt' where x = 4 (sometimes)
    > > or even '/dev/sda' alone. My Sony Memory Sticks have behaved in strange
    > > ways since SuSE 7.2.
    > >
    > > Hope it helps.
    > >
    > >> LM
    > >>
    > >> > Change to /mnt and you should see something.
    > >> >
    > >> > If this doesn't work, feel free to ask again :-)
    > >> >
    > >> > Al
    >
    > When I first bought a Sony Memory stick I had problems mounting it in
    > Linux, this was due to corruption of the partition table that windows
    > seemed to ignore but Linux didn't like. I simply used fdisk in linux to
    > create a new DOS partition table on the stick and after that all was well
    > both on Linux and windows.
    >
    >
    > --
    > David Bottrill
    >
    > david@bottrill.org
    > www.bottrill.org
    > Registered Linux user number 330730

    You talking about a Sony MicroVault or isi it the original Sony Memory stick
    (often used in Sony's digital cameras, handhelds, etc...)?

    Laurent 

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