Basil Chupin wrote:
Today I replaced with a larger capacity a Flash Disk which has USB v2.0 instead of the v1.1 on the replaced unit. I had absolutely no problems using the previous unit on SuSE v9 Pro -- on all 3 computers for that matter.
Now, however, the new unit will not mount and, in fact, totally freezes all computers after a couple of minutes.
I have looked at the Suse Database and found an article about amending the /etc/sysconfig/kernel file - but doing this is as useful as tits on a bull in getting the flash disk to operate. (It works perfectly, BTW, on "that OTHER" system.)
When I boot the computer(s) I get 4 icons on the desktop showing /media/sda1 - sda4 and (depending on the computer, which is strange in itself) there is either 1 or 4 entries showing /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto noauto,user,exec.syc 0 0 . But with all this I get nothing but trouble when I try to mount the flash disk (as sda1 or 2 or .....).
I waded thru the archives of this forum and came across a couple of promising threads last month which would have helped me but for some damn annoying reason both threads had no responses to the last messages which would have contained the answer(s) I probably needed. It's as if the final responses suddenly went via e-mail rather being posted here. So, I need to use the flash disk on my computers but cannot (unless I boot up in "that OTHER" OS.
Can anyone please, pretty please, provide the answer on how to get the USB 2.0 flash disk to work on Suse Pro V9.0?
BTW, the unit I am talking about is JetFlash 256Mb USB 2.0 Flash Disk which is meant to function correcty on Linux, Windows and Macintosh (as I said above, the USB 1.1 version of the 128Mb unit I had until last week worked without a hitch).
I am stumped as to what happened/is happening but the FlashDisk mentioned above is now working. Here is the log of events which made the flash disk work: * I needed to transfer some files (both Win and Linux) to the second computer and used the Win OS to half fill the flash disk with files; * I transferred the files onto the second computer using Win and then decided to boot into SuSE just to see what would happen (considering that it was Thursday afternoon and it was a nice day outside); * after booting into SuSE I plugged the disk in and, as normal, 4 icons appeared on the desktop. With much brovado I clicke on the Sda4 icon to mount it -- and, and, and... it mounted! * I then filled it up to brim with files (any file I could find) while still in SuSE and tried mounting it on the other (main) computer and again it worked. Deleting all files from the flash disk did not affect it newly found ability to perform and it now mounts/unmounts on both computers (haven't yet tried it on my wife's computer). So, the only conclusion I can come to is that a new flash disk needs to be substantially filled with files before trying to mount it on a SuSE(/Linux) system, after which it will function 'properly'. The qualification re the word "properly" is that while it mounted correctly it would not unmount correctly at least twice with the error message displayed that it was not even mounted but the file directory showing that it was still mounted. The other thing is that even though it is only the one flash disk unit, fstab shows 4 entries for it (sda1 - sda4) with the same number of icons showing on the Desktop. Finally, I am able to only mount /media/sda4 - trying to mount sda1 or 2 or 3 causes the computer to lock-up and the only way out is pressing the reboot button. Cheers. PS Just rried it on my wife's computer (also SuSE 9) and it works (as above). -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.