Can't Mount USB Floppy

[swingarm]

I have already searched this forum and Google for answers but can't find any that will fix my problem, all that's listed below is with the USB Floppy Drive plugged in.

'lspci -v' Output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3580 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at <unassigned> (32-bit, prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [40] #09 [6105]

00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3584 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3585 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3582 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3582 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: fast devsel
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at e0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] #0a [2080]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 83) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
        Memory behind bridge: e0200000-e02fffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cc (rev 03)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24ca (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at 1810 [size=16]
        Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 1500 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
        I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
        Memory at e0100c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        Memory at e0100800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Memory at e0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

02:04.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
        Memory at 10001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 10400000-107ff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 10800000-10bff000
        I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
        I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:04.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device ff00
        Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 10
        Memory at 10002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 10c00000-10fff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 11000000-113ff000
        I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff
        I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

'cat /proc/scsi/scsi' Output:

Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: TOSHIBA  Model: DVD-ROM SD-R2412 Rev: 1015
  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: MITSUMI  Model: USB FDD          Rev: 1039
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02

'cat /proc/bus/usb/devices' Output:

T:  Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=1860
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=1840
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=1820
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms

What though would work was this:

1. Change the floppy entry in fstab to mount to /mnt/usbfloppy
2. Mkdir /mnt/usbfloppy
3. Then I did 'mount /dev/sda /mnt/usbfloppy -t msdos' but get this error

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
       or too many mounted file systems

I also tried it with the '-t vfat' switch but it gave me the same error.

[Stephen]

3. Then I did 'mount /dev/sda /mnt/usbfloppy -t msdos' but get this error

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
       or too many mounted file systems

I also tried it with the '-t vfat' switch but it gave me the same error.

Try mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbfloppy -t msdos to mount the first partition on the the device sda you are trying to mount the device itself with the your command not the partition contained on it.

[swingarm]

Here's what I got when I ran that:

root@ttyp0[usb-storage-0]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbfloppy -t msdos
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

[swingarm]

What I have listed below is in case anybody else gets stuck with this because I noticed on my search of this forum, another forum(Gentoo), and Google I was hard pressed to find any solutions similar to what I found.


Well I noticed when I boot up Knoppix with the USB Floppy plugged in and do the following:

mkdir /mnt/usb
mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb

It mounts!!! I'm happy, sort of. I then reboot without the drive plugged in and I'm back to my block device errors. On reboot I notice that there is this 'hotplug' that loads up so I wonder if I can manually restart it. After Knoppix is booted up again I check the /etc/init.d directory and sure enough, there's hotplug. I plug the drive in and do a:

/etc/init.d/hotplug restart
mkdir /mnt/usb
mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb

Sure enough, it works!!! Now I'm truthfully happy.