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    HotPlug / My fstab problem??

    Hello,

    I am not able to get the hotplug working...
    I can see that I have an USB thing plugged but I cannot find a way to mount or access the data.

    I am wondering if it could not be an error in my fstab
    Code:
    # /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
    #
    # filesystem  mountpoint  type  options  dump  pass
    /dev/hda3  /  reiserfs  defaults  0  1
    /dev/hda6  none  swap  sw  0  0
    proc  /proc  proc  defaults  0  0
    none  /proc/bus/usb  usbdevfs  defaults 0 0
    /dev/fd0  /floppy  vfat  defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022  0  0
    /dev/cdrom  /cdrom  iso9660  defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto  0  0
    
    # partitions found by Knoppix
    #/dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0
    /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs defaults,users,exec 0 0
    /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat defaults,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
    Is it good the way of mounting the USB port? Where do I need to go to access the data of my USB device?

    Regards
    Ludo

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    If you haven't gotten this solved yet perhaps this will help. USB storage devices can be found at /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 etc.

    usbview in a terminal should show you your USB hub and what's connected to it.

    cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

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    Maybe it's me, but usbview hasn't been working for me for a few releases now. Even when I have usb devices plugged in and working, usbview doesn't work. In fact I get the following message:


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    Can not open the file /proc/bus/usb/devices
    
    Verify that you have USB compiled into your kernel, have the USB core modules loaded, and have the usbdevfs filesystem mounted
    Like I said, I get this message even when usb devices are plugged in and working fine so I'm reluctant to recommend usbview as a good way to check if usb devices are detected right now...unless someone else has an explanation as to what's going on.

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    Sounds like you don't have /proc in your fstab. proc is just a virtual filesystem that you can use to gain insight as to your system. It isn't actually necessary for USB to function. USBview is of course just a frontend for
    cat /proc/bus/usb/devices. It certainly does a nice job of decifering.

    Here's the line from my fstab:

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    proc  /proc  proc  defaults  0  0
    If you have /proc mounted USBview is very cool- it will show you when something gets plugged in or removed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickenbacherus
    If you haven't gotten this solved yet perhaps this will help. USB storage devices can be found at /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 etc.

    usbview in a terminal should show you your USB hub and what's connected to it.

    cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
    hiya,
    it did work for a time with the /dev/sda1 but now , it always says an error during the boot with my line in the fstab...

    tonight, I 'll take my fstab and tomorrow I'll put it here.. you might se the error in my line with the /dev/sda1 ...

    Thxs
    Ludo

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    Here is my fstab:
    Code:
    # /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
    #
    # filesystem  mountpoint  type  options  dump  pass
    /dev/hda3  /  reiserfs  defaults  0  0
    
    /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs defaults,users,exec 0 0
    
    /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat defaults,users,exec,umask=000,gid=disk 0 0
    /dev/hda6  none  swap  sw  0  0
    proc  /proc  proc  defaults  0  0
    none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
    /dev/fd0  /floppy  vfat  defaults,users,noauto,showexec,umask=022  0  0
    /dev/cdrom  /cdrom  iso9660  defaults,users,noexec,noauto  0  0
    /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb vfat defaults 0 0
    and here are the errors that I get:
    mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
    modprobe: modprobe: can't locate module block-major 8
    Have you got an idea/solution for this ones??

    thxs
    Ludo

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    I did this to get usb working after 7-26-03 hdinstall.

    mkdir /mnt/sda1 (only if sda1 doesn't exist)

    edited the /etc/fstab file by adding:

    /dev/sda1/ /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,unmask 0 0

    Do this if don't know to edit: sudo kwrite file:/etc/fstab

    Make Usb icon on desktop and click to view usb drive.

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