Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:35:10
Message-Id: 58965d8a0906300834q1c35fe21g4f7e58c3160e8837@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device by dhk
1 On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:53 AM, dhk<dhkuhl@×××××××××.net> wrote:
2 > Stroller wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a
7 >>> usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the
8 >>> mount. How can I find the device?
9 >>>
10 >>>> lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive.
11 >>>> cat /proc/partitions # just shows the eide and scsi partitions.
12 >>>> lsusb # This does recognize the device and give me the following
13 >>> Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05e0:2000 Symbol Technologies
14 >>>
15 >>> What do I do at this point to communicate with the device?
16 >>
17 >> Are you sure the device should appear as a mass storage device? That
18 >> appears to be what you're expecting, but I don't find that clear at all.
19 >>
20 >> Stroller.
21 >>
22 >>
23 >>
24 > No, I'm not sure how the device should appear. However, I thought it
25 > should look like any other disk or usb stick since it currently has a
26 > Microsoft CE on it, which I want to change to Gentoo.
27
28 I don't think that is possible...