Just a couple of problems
1 June, 2012 - 21:50
I'm trying to mount a USB memory stick for extra storage. I see th estick when inserted and can see it under dmesg but can't mount it. I've looked at the wili http://www.dbzoo.com/livebox/development#usb_filesystem_support but when I try commands like
insmod vfat.o
I get ....
insmod: can't insert 'vfat.o': Operation not permitted
I guess I'm missing something...
I'm looking at this from a mac based knowledge of unix (yes I can use terminal to a degree)
Half of the commands that I am used to don't exist....
Do I have to build a new firmware to include USB support?
From the wiki I would say no but so confused at the moment.
I guess I have filled my head with stuff and bits are leaking.
Maybe I should take a rest :) I work on industrial electronics all day then come home and play
with this stuff. I must be mad, or will be soon :)
1 June, 2012 - 22:26
#2
Sorry
Just tried that on my system and it doesn't work. :-(
Only other thing you might try is to format the stick as ext3 and see if that works.
1 June, 2012 - 22:52
#3
The instructions on that wiki
The instructions on that wiki page are out of date. When busybox was upgraded things changes slightly you need to supply the full path when using insmod.
Please look at the contents of /etc_ro_fs/mount-usb
UPDATE:
If you are using EXT3 there is an error in that file I just noticed. JDB should be JBD.
-insmod $base/fs/jdb/jdb.o
+insmod $base/fs/jbd/jbd.o
Brett
10 June, 2012 - 22:40
#6
Mark,pop those commands into
Mark,
pop those commands into your rc.local
/etc/rc.d/
--andy
15 June, 2012 - 09:49
#8
Mark. Please check, have you
Mark.
Please check, have you got a /etc/rc1.d/S99.local file?
If not, please relocate those commands from /etc/rc.d/rc.local and create same commands in /etc/rc1.d/S99.local instead.
If S99.local exists, append commands.
As the LB goes to runlevel 1 then S99 will be executed at end of startup seq.
--andy
9 July, 2012 - 18:35
#10
Still no joy...
Hi guys
Just tried all the above (trying to get a USB stick mounted) - no joy. I've created the S99USB on /etc/rc1.d and entered the commands as shown....rebooted....typed in df and only got /dev/root, tempfs and /dev/mtdblock2...... if I type mount I also get 'none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)'
What've I missed?......
Hope you can help.....
EJ
I now have this from dmesg
Freeing unused kernel memory: 60k freed
hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 4 ports detected
Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/3, assigned device number 3
ttyACM0: USB ACM device
hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/4, assigned device number 4
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: General Model: USB Flash Disk Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 15656960 512-byte hdwr sectors (8016 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
Partition check:
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 4
So its there!! Why can't I mount it using.... # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb .....? EJ
9 July, 2012 - 23:47
#11
Your USB stick has four
Your USB stick has four parititions? Really. That's pretty strange. Perhaps you might want to try mounting the other partitions and see what happens. Do make sure its formatted FAT32 and not exFAT/NTFS and that you have loaded those kernel drivers with insmod.
Brett
10 July, 2012 - 16:21
#12
Nothing happens when I try
Nothing happens when I try and mount the other partitions......
All the kernel drivers are loaded ok...
Bit the bullet and reformatted the stick (from dos - FAT32) - tried again, same results so I got another USB stick. Resulting in...
hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/4, assigned device number 4
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FLASH Model: Drive UT_USB20 Rev: 0.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sdb: 15794160 512-byte hdwr sectors (8087 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: sdb1
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 4
# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb1
# mount
/dev/root on / type cramfs (ro)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
tmpfs on /var type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/mtdblock2 on /mnt/jffs2/jffs2_3 type jffs2 (rw)
# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 13140 13140 0 100% /
tmpfs 256 24 232 9% /var
/dev/mtdblock2 640 300 340 47% /mnt/jffs2/jffs2_3
#
So still nothing gets mounted.....any ideas?
EJ
13 July, 2012 - 16:29
#13
I removed the 4-port USB HUB
I removed the 4-port USB HUB (the one recommended here on the Forums) - inserted the stick into the Hub....it re-booted itself!
Ensured all the insmods were present...
issued the mount command to mount onto /mnt/usb.....and lo... there it be!! full R/W access - success....so I removed the stickand plugged in a different one - it re-booted itself.....
So what I've found out so far:
1/. USB sticks will only mount if they are the ONLY device plugged into the USB port
2/. Plugging in a stick will re-boot the HAHub
3/. Some sticks are completely INCOMPATIBLE with the HAHub!!
4/. I can only mount to /mnt/usb
What I need help with:
Is there a dismount command - so I can elegantly remove my stick?
Is there a USB stick that won't cause a re-boot (or is that HAHub reqt?)?
Is there a USB Hub that'll allow me to plug a stick and other devices onto the same port?
Is there a means whereby I can access a network shared drive/folder from the HAHub?
hope you all can assist.....ta!
EJ
14 July, 2012 - 10:13
#14
Ah you didn't say there was a
Ah you didn't say there was a USB hub in the way when mentioning you where having USB flash drive issue !
There is an dismount command.
# umount <directory>
or - where X is the partition mounted.
# umount /dev/sdaX
Personally I prefer to NFS mount another computers drives onto my HAH.
Brett
14 July, 2012 - 13:20
#15
Thanks Brett - yeah, I was
Thanks Brett - yeah, I was hoping to have two or three gadgets on the USB hub, is there any possibility? Also is the HAHub opsys linux(ish)? and do you have a preffered site to point we novice users at, otherwise I'll struggle with the syntax and keep throwing in noob requests.....sorry!
I haven't done it for a while, but from my notes:
All you need to do to mount a VFAT/FAT partition would be to load the module for that.
# insmod fat.o
# insmod vfat.o
This should get you moving....
Is what I wrote. I think it worked for me