USB sticks: previous messages and my recognition problem
Dear all, I am trying to use my SONY USB 128M memory stick under Linux, but after trying to use the instructions posted by Silviu on 14th of June I had to stop suddendly because of this error reported in dmesg: I/O recognition error: maybe there is no medium inserted in the drive even if lights are on in the stick itself. Using the command # mount I get no line for the medium I would like to set up for USB storage, so I suppose that the USB device is not automounted or recognised on the fly. Do you have any suggestion about fixing the problem? Please not that I use a USB modem without any problem .... Thanx in advance L
Perhaps you should look for something like: /media/usb-storage-A904041300683:0:0:0p1 I'm using a Sony Micro Vault 128 MB (same as you?) and it was automatically mounted on that address the first time, I used it on Linux. Any time the stick is connected, I can directly access its content at the address shown above. Laurent P.S.: it's possible that the Stick and the Modem interfere, but I'm not sure... On Tuesday 22 June 2004 10:36, Luca Mollica wrote:
Dear all,
I am trying to use my SONY USB 128M memory stick under Linux, but after trying to use the instructions posted by Silviu on 14th of June I had to stop suddendly because of this error reported in dmesg:
I/O recognition error: maybe there is no medium inserted in the drive
even if lights are on in the stick itself. Using the command
# mount
I get no line for the medium I would like to set up for USB storage, so I suppose that the USB device is not automounted or recognised on the fly. Do you have any suggestion about fixing the problem? Please not that I use a USB modem without any problem ....
Thanx in advance
L
-- Linux is like an indian tent: no Windows, no Gates and an Apache inside
On Tuesday 22 June 2004 10:36, Luca Mollica wrote:
Dear all,
I am trying to use my SONY USB 128M memory stick under Linux, but after trying to use the instructions posted by Silviu on 14th of June I had to stop suddendly because of this error reported in dmesg:
I/O recognition error: maybe there is no medium inserted in the drive
even if lights are on in the stick itself. Using the command
# mount
I get no line for the medium I would like to set up for USB storage, so I suppose that the USB device is not automounted or recognised on the fly. Do you have any suggestion about fixing the problem? Please not that I use a USB modem without any problem ....
Thanx in advance
L On Tuesday 22 June 2004 10:36, Luca Mollica wrote: Dear all,
I am trying to use my SONY USB 128M memory stick under Linux, but after trying to use the instructions posted by Silviu on 14th of June I had to stop suddendly because of this error reported in dmesg:
I/O recognition error: maybe there is no medium inserted in the drive
even if lights are on in the stick itself. Using the command
# mount
I get no line for the medium I would like to set up for USB storage, so I suppose that the USB device is not automounted or recognised on the fly. Do you have any suggestion about fixing the problem? Please not that I use a USB modem without any problem ....
Thanx in advance
L In a shell (root): Try lsub (as root) and it should show something about your stick. So your Stick is recognized. Then try (as root) mount /dev/sda1 /mnt.
Change to /mnt and you should see something. If this doesn't work, feel free to ask again :-) Al
In a shell (root): Try lsub (as root) and it should show something about your stick. So your Stick is recognized. Then try (as root) mount /dev/sda1 /mnt.
Change to /mnt and you should see something.
If this doesn't work, feel free to ask again :-)
A question before trying: do I have to check for some modules in order to make the device to work? I have just found the hint " make yourself sure that usb-storage module is loaded" ... LM
Al
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. LM
Change to /mnt and you should see something.
If this doesn't work, feel free to ask again :-)
Al
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
-- Dr. Luis A. Fernández Department of Analytical Chemistry University of The Basque Country P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain) http://www.ehu.es/udps
On Wednesday 23 June 2004 15:14, Luis Angel Fernández Cuadrado wrote:
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')
I have not checked yet, but I can recognize a fat32 partition that is shared between WXP and Linux, and vfat is used in mounting the partition itself.
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.
It does not work with mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt, I will check for other number .... L
Hope it helps.
LM
Change to /mnt and you should see something.
If this doesn't work, feel free to ask again :-)
Al
-- Dr. Luis A. Fernández Department of Analytical Chemistry University of The Basque Country P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain) http://www.ehu.es/udps
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
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 -- Linux is like an indian tent: no Windows, no Gates and an Apache inside
You talking about a Sony MicroVault or isi it the original Sony Memory stick (often used in Sony's digital cameras, handhelds, etc...)?
It is a Sony MicroVault: does this fact create problems in recognition/ mounting/fdisk operations ???
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