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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:21:42
Message-Id: 1134393275.12060.2.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive) by Neil Bothwick
1 Hi, thanks for your help,
2
3 On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 09:12 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
4 > On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:25:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
5 >
6 > > All I've found so far, is something mentioning the "superfloppy" format
7 > > (what's that?). Supposedly I can `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp` (note the
8 > > sda, not sdax) but this doesn't work:
9 >
10 > This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not
11 > partitioned.
12
13 thats what I presumed, but 1) I can't `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp`; and 2)
14 in windows I see 4 drives (3 card reader slots, and the internal hd),
15 not one - how can I get 4 drives from /dev/sda?
16
17 > It is detecting sda here, with no partitions, but giving no other
18 > information. Do you have SCSI disk support in your kernel?
19
20 yes - CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
21
22 > Do other USB mass storage devices work with Linux for you?
23
24 yep, a small usb card reader, and a laptop harddrive usb enclosure.
25 Both work great!
26
27 thanks,
28 --
29 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
30
31 Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
32 -- Wernher von Braun
33
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Re: [gentoo-user] wtf is superfloppy? (vosonic usb drive) Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>