On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:25:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:

> All I've found so far, is something mentioning the "superfloppy" format
> (what's that?).  Supposedly I can `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp` (note the
> sda, not sdax) but this doesn't work: 

This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not
partitioned.

> dmesg reports
> 
> usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
> scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usb-storage: device found at 7
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>   Vendor:           Model: VP6230            Rev: 1.07
>   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
> sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete

It is detecting sda here, with no partitions, but giving no other
information. Do you have SCSI disk support in your kernel?

> The drive shows under windows, after the 3 card reader slots.

Do other USB mass storage devices work with Linux for you?


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