> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn- > linux.org] On Behalf Of Mike Partyka > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:48 AM > To: suse-linux-e at suse.com; tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Access USB 2.0 device > > I have had a USB 2.0 hard drive device that i'd like to access under > SuSE. My gateway laptop has USB 2.0 ports to access. > > When i run the mount command without the device plugged in, i see the > following entry: > > usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) > > I would thing a plugable device like this has to be mounted somehow, but > how? When i plug the device in it doesn't change, but if i try to mount > usbdevfs, i get: > > mount: special device /usbdevfs does not exist > > Can anyone give me a pointer or two on either how to access or mount the > device? > The way I understand it, usbdevfs is a kernel module that provides support for file systems on USB devices (go figure!) So this is a sort of groundwork for your USB hard drive. The item you're actually going to mount (if it's like my thumb-drive in debian) will be /dev/sda. So then you need to edit your /etc/fstab and add an entry like: /dev/sda /mnt/usbhdd rw,noauto 0 0 I'm guessing that's not exactly right, but it should be close. So then you need to 'mkdir /mnt/usbhdd', plug in the device, figure out what modules you need to load if they don't autoload (check dmesg output to see what happens when you plug it in.) Then you should be able to 'mount /mnt/usbhdd' and be good to go from there. Anyone, please correct any incorrect statements I've made. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list