usb mass storage problem

coax · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:21 pm Post subject: usb mass storage problem

I have a freecom external harddrive.
When I do lsusb, I can see it.
When I go looking for the scsi device in /dev I don't find any devices. Same in /proc/scsi/scsi:
no devices.

What am I doing wrong?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:58 pm Post subject:

coax,

As well as usb-storeage you need scsi emulation and generic scsi support installed (either as modules or built into the kernel).

Regards,

NeddySeagoon
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coax · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:42 pm Post subject:

Do I do that with the make menuconfig?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 2:15 pm Post subject:

coax,

Yes, thats right.

If you have X running you can use make xconfig, which is much more user friendly.

Leave most things alone and check the following:-

Say y or m to SCSI support
Say y or m to SCSI disk support
Say y or m to SCSI generic support

Say y or m to Support for USB
Say y to Preliminary USB device filesystem support
Say y to your type of USB Host Controller Driver
(or say m to them all and the kernel will load the right one)

Say y or m to USB Mass Starage support
Say y to Freecom USB/ATAPI Bridge support
(you have a Freecom USB Drive?)

While you are in the kernel, you did build the filesystem code for the filesystem(s) you have on your USB drive didn't you?
If not do it now - it will save another kernel build later.

Rebuild your kernel, or if you already use modules, just the modules. Install your new build.

All the best,

NeddySeagoon
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Regards,

NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.