Re: [Nolug] Flash memory access, lack thereof

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:00:52 -0500
Message-Id: <1086642052.14879.51.camel@haggis.homelan>

On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 14:57 -0500, John D. Tiedeman wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 08:28 -0500, John D. Tiedeman wrote:
> >
> > > Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > John Tiedeman wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 31 May 2004 14:25:04 -0400
> > > > > mah@everybody.org (Mark A. Hershberger) wrote:
> > > > > >"John D. Tiedeman" <jdtiede@sstar.com> writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> On "B" I get "mount point /mnt/flash does not exist."
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Well, you need to fix that. "mkdir /mnt/flash" should do the job.
> > > > >
> > [snip]
> >
> >
> > > Actually "mkdir /mnt/flash" was the first step I took on the disc I am
> > > currently using; I must have forgotten to do that on another one. The
> > > problem on this one is "sda1 is not a valid block device." My /etc/fstab
> > > entry is "/dev/sda1 /mnt/flash vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0
> > > 0." I'm not really sure about anything after "noauto"; I have seen
> > > several versions and don't know how critical they are.
> > >
> >
> > It may be /dev/sdb1
> >
> >
> Not a valid block device as sdb1 either.

While the card is in the reader, unplug the reader from the USB
port, and "tail -n 30 /var/log/messages".

Attached are the relevant sections from my system.

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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA
Remember when environmental doom-and-gloomers said that it would
take 10 years to put out the 750 post-GW1 oil fires? Yet they
were all out in 6 months.
Remember when environmental doom-and-gloomers said in ~1975 that
the oil would run out in 50 years?

Jun 7 15:54:50 haggis kernel: usb 2-2.2: new full speed USB device using address 17
Jun 7 15:54:50 haggis usb.agent[17379]: usb-storage: already loaded
Jun 7 15:54:50 haggis kernel: scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jun 7 15:54:53 haggis kernel: Vendor: Model: Rev:
Jun 7 15:54:53 haggis kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun 7 15:54:53 haggis kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jun 7 15:54:53 haggis kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: Vendor: Model: Rev:
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis scsi.agent[17416]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.1/usb2/2-2/2-2.2/2-2.2:1.0/host5/5:0:0:0
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: SCSI device sdc: 246016 512-byte hdwr sectors (126 MB)
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: sdc: assuming Write Enabled
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: sdc: sdc1
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 1
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 1, type 0
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
Jun 7 15:54:54 haggis kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 17
Jun 7 15:54:55 haggis scsi.agent[17439]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.1/usb2/2-2/2-2.2/2-2.2:1.0/host5/5:0:0:1

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