[Bug 287] USB Flash Drives

https://bugzilla.arklinux.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287

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------- Additional Comments From [email protected]  2004-02-24 21:37 -------
Yes, this has been a known problem with Ark Linux since alpha 10 (AFAIK the
problem did not exist in Alpha 9 and below).  Basically, I think that the
hotplug daemon is not generating the $DEVICE variable correctly from the kernel,
and instead of calling upon /dev/sda1, it calls upon /dev/cdwriter (or something
like that).  Zachary Deems and MarcD are working on it.

So... until then, here's what you can try.  Open a terminal window (such as
Konsole) and become the superuser if applicable (not required with superuser
konsole) with the "su -l" command.  Plug in your device, and type "dmesg" -- if
you see something about SCSI on the last line, "device 0" or something like
that, then that's good.  If you see some kind of message near the bottom about
"unknown device" or something like that, then your usb flash drive may be
incompatible (unlikely).  Type "mkdir /mnt/usbflash" to create a directory. 
Type "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbflash" and see if you get back to a prompt without
errors.  If so, "cd /mnt/usbflash; ls" and see if your files are there.  If you
get an error, try replacing "/dev/sda1" with /dev/sda2, 3, etc. -- you may need
to do so if you already have another usb drive plugged in, otherwise /dev/sda1
will work in 99% of cases.

Please keep in touch.



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