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szypul

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From: Poland

Registered: 2007-09-07

Posts: 16

usb drive problem

I have problem with mp3 player - I can't mount it, mainly because it does not appear in /dev When I plug it in I can see /dev/sdb , but no sdb1.
lsusb:

Bus 008 Device 002: ID 066f:8000 SigmaTel, Inc. SigmaTel MSCN USB Device [MP3 Player]
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001

I tried to mount it on Ubuntu - same problem. It worked only on WinXP.

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alessandro_ufms

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From: Campo Grande, MS - Brazil

Registered: 2008-06-25

Posts: 153

Re: usb drive problem

What appears in your dmesg when you plug your pendrive? On mime appers:

usb 3-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 8060928 512-byte hardware sectors (4127 MB)
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 8060928 512-byte hardware sectors (4127 MB)
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb: sdb1
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

szypul

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From: Poland

Registered: 2007-09-07

Posts: 16

Re: usb drive problem

dmsg | tail :

 sdb:
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
usb 8-2: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 8-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 8-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 3e 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 994176 2048-byte hardware sectors (2036 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 3e 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb:
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

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Zibi1981

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-01-31

Posts: 707

Re: usb drive problem

I had a very similar issue with auto-mounting the internal memory of my iRiver E100 MP4-player, which I described in this thread. The solution was very simple - reformat it to FAT filesystem under my Windows machine. I could also mount it manually on Linux and probably do that there, but I decided to do it another way.
Good luck!

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szypul

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From: Poland

Registered: 2007-09-07

Posts: 16

Re: usb drive problem

Too obvious to try : ) Thanks Zibi

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kludge

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Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 294

Re: usb drive problem

can you post the partition table for your mp3 player?

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