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:

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# /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

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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

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

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:

Code:

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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

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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.

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:

Code:

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proc  /proc  proc  defaults  0  0

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

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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

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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

Here is my fstab:

Code:

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# /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

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and here are the errors that I get:

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mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
modprobe: modprobe: can't locate module block-major 8

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Have you got an idea/solution for this ones??

thxs
Ludo

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.