DSL-N :: USB flash drive not mounting!

Quote (atermfan @ Feb. 28 2007,02:18)

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Check `fdisk -l` like lucky13 suggested

Did. See my previous post.

Please paste in the output from fdisk -l. While you're at it, show us the output of:
dmesg | grep usb

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dmesg says:

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usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71

First look in /mnt in emelfm. Other than hdaX and floppy and cdrom, are there any other mount points?

Give us more info. What brand of device is this? How is it partitioned, what filesystem, etc.? What version of DSL are you using? I found a thread reporting a USB1.1/USB2 glitch in DSL-N RC3:
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/f/viewpost/1312.html

Have you searched through the forum archives for your type of device and the DSL version you're using?

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Please paste in the output from fdisk -l.

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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 4444 2099758+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 * 4445 8894 2102625 83 Linux

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While you're at it, show us the output of:
dmesg | grep usb

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usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.01:USB HID core driver

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Other than hdaX and floppy and cdrom, are there any other mount points?

auto and sda1

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What brand of device is this?

I highly doubt the brand matters. All brands mounts the same way. It worked in Windows, it works for Knoppix, but does not work for this distro. I do not know why, since this distro is based on Knoppix.

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How is it partitioned, what filesystem, etc.?

1 partition. ext2.

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What version of DSL are you using?

DSL-N RC4

Should behave the same way as DSL, right? DSL-N is just a 2.6 kernel plus a few more apps added to DSL.

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Have you searched through the forum archives for your type of device and the DSL version you're using?

I have.

Maybe this will help... first google result: http://www.mepis.org/node/5860

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echo Y > /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first

Another result seems to suggest to make sure you are using a usb2 port.

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Other than hdaX and floppy and cdrom, are there any other mount points?

auto and sda1

Per the thread I linked about the USB1.1/2 glitch, I thought Robert addressed that issue in RC4. I think that's an issue and hat's suggestion that you make sure your port is USB2 is a good one. So, too, is the link he gave you.

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What brand of device is this?

It can be an issue if you have a device with some proprietary filesystem or hidden "partitions" like U3; the U3 thing can be a problem if you format the device and leave the U3 pseudopartition on it. I see you have it formatted for ext2. If it once was a U3 drive and it was repartitioned without using their removal tool, can you get an "fdisk -l" for it using Knoppix or something else under which it'll mount?

Also, Knoppix is about a ~700MB ISO. DSL is 50ish. DSL-N is, what, 90- or 100-something? There's a lot more than KDE that's been removed to make DSL and DSL-N "tighter." Just because it's Knoppix-based doesn't mean it's still Knoppix. It also means that something that works in one won't necessarily work with the other. That's especially true if you're comparing recent Knoppix versions to DSL which is based on Knoppix 3.4 (iirc).

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What version of DSL are you using?

DSL-N RC4

Should behave the same way as DSL, right? DSL-N is just a 2.6 kernel plus a few more apps added to DSL.

Uh, no. DSL-N is still in testing. The RC stands for release candidate. DSL-N isn't at version 1.0 yet. Are you certain that it's not RC3 (which had a similar issue) and that your ports are USB2?

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make sure your port is USB2 is a good one.

It is a USB2. Tried it with both ports. They are both fine. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the port or the drive.

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It can be an issue if you have a device with some proprietary filesystem or hidden "partitions" like U3; the U3 thing can be a problem if you format the device and leave the U3 pseudopartition on it.

It is not an U3.

It was preformated in FAT16 when I got it.

Technically speaking, if it had some kind of discriminitive FS, it would not have worked in other distros I have tried. I do not even think developers would go as far as to not make it not work in a specific distro.

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can you get an "fdisk -l" for it using Knoppix or something else under which it'll mount?

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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1968 503792 83 Linux

Detected by Knoppix 4.0.

Off topic question: Does ext2 automatically sets it to boot? Because I did not set it to boot.

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Are you certain that it's not RC3 (which had a similar issue) and that your ports are USB2?

Ports are USB2. Positive.

I downloaded the DSL-N a few days ago. So I assumed it is the latest version (RC4). But then I went to have a second look. And found out something...

This link: http://damnsmalllinux.org/

Says: "DSL-N (DSL's bigger sister) is now at 0.1RC4."

But when I went to this sub-link: http://damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/

It says: "DSL-N 0.1RC3 is now ready"

Now I am not so sure which of those links I downloaded from. I popped in the DSL-N CD again to check, but I can not find the version mentioned anywhere. The boot screen says 0.01. That is it; it does not mention which RC.

I tried to find out by looking up the screenshot, but the site only offers the screenshot of the first RC. Google did not yield any results for a DSL-N screenshot.

The DSL-N I got has a coast as a background. Perhaps someone would tell me if I got the RC3 or 4?

It seems very odd how the main DSL site has the latest RC, while the "home page" of DSL-N still has RC3.

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