USB keyx with FC2....

[Andrey Andreev]

Hi,

did you try  fdisk -l as Alexander suggested?

ysdg at free.fr wrote:
> thx for your time Alexander.
> I had already done "tail -f /var/log/messages" before posting this request :
> nothing appears when plugging or unplugging the usb key. Even if I reboot the
> problem remains (the only error detection is : "modprobe: FATAL: Error running
> install command for sound_slot_1" ; hence nothing concerning usbdevice)
> My kernel is 2.6.8-1.521 ; I read a guy having the same problem with the same
> motherboard ASUS P4P800 recompile his kernel to make it works.... As I've never
> done it, I'm bit reluctant...
> Do you still have wise advice to give me ?
> THX
> 
...
>>>updated everything. With FC1, I was used to mount my usbkeys with the
>>
>>following
>>
>>>command :
>>>mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable
>>
>>The partition hasn't hardly changed. So it will still be sda1.
>>
>>
>>>It doesn't work anymore... I used many other mounting point such as sda
>>
>>sda2
>>
>>>sda3... sdb sdb1 ... but nothing worked.
...

Recent 2.6 kernels "renamed" the devices on some sata controllers as 
/dev/sd? so, as your mobo has 2 sata ports, probably sda and sdb would 
go to them, leaving the usbkey to sdc or something. See fdisk -l anyway.

//Andro