Bug 76609 – (USB STORAGE)USB Mass Storage not usable

Bug 76609 - (USB STORAGE)USB Mass Storage not usable

Summary:	(USB STORAGE)USB Mass Storage not usable

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Pete Zaitcev
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2002-10-23 22:52 EDT by Need Real Name
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:47 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-12-16 21:38:31 EST
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This is what comes out from the /var/log/messages file. Any solution? (1.07 KB, text/plain) 2002-10-25 05:01 EDT, Need Real Name	no flags	Details
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Description Need Real Name 2002-10-23 22:52:23 EDT

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Description of problem:
When I plug in the USB Mass Storage device to the USB port, no new device is
created in the /dev directory.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Plug in the USB Mass Storage device to the USB port.
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  "tail -f /var/log/messages" output:
kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 5
/etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product 8ec/802/100
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-2


Expected Results:  The USB Mass Storage device should be able to use.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Pete Zaitcev 2002-10-24 12:59:53 EDT

Devices in /dev are not created by hotplug. They are permanently
present as part of the "dev" package.

[zaitcev@niphredil linux-2.5]$ ls -l /dev/sda
brw-rw----    1 root     floppy     8,   0 Aug 30 16:31 /dev/sda
[zaitcev@niphredil linux-2.5]$ ls -l /dev/sdb
brw-rw----    1 root     disk       8,  16 Aug 30 16:31 /dev/sdb
[zaitcev@niphredil linux-2.5]$ rpm -qf /dev/sda
dev-3.3.1-2
[zaitcev@niphredil linux-2.5]$

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2002-10-25 05:01:47 EDT

Created attachment 82024 [details]
This is what comes out from the /var/log/messages file. Any solution?

Comment 3 Pete Zaitcev 2002-11-06 21:53:56 EST

I do not see a problem. What happens if you run "fdisk /dev/sda"?

Comment 4 Need Real Name 2002-11-17 20:23:24 EST

I am able to mount the usb storage with 'mount /dev/sda /mnt/usbstorage'
command, but I am only able to mount as ext2 file system. I tried to format the
file system as vfat with this command ' mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda ' but the command
failed to perform the action. Please advice.

Comment 5 Need Real Name 2002-11-19 21:36:15 EST

This is the output of runing fdisk

# fdisk /dev/sda

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 2 heads, 32 sectors, 250 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1             1       250      7984    e  Win95 FAT16 (LBA)

Command (m for help):

Comment 6 Pete Zaitcev 2002-11-20 01:03:37 EST

Format in Windows or in Camera/Appliance, then use /dev/sda1,
   mount -t msdos /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstorage

Comment 7 Pete Zaitcev 2003-06-03 17:20:12 EDT

May I close this now?

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