Flash Drive Auto Mount Solved but Like to Know Reason
Posted: Wed 18 Jan 2012, 11:15
Dell Inspiron 4000, problem replicated on 4.31, 4.31 Retro, 4.32.
My USB flashdrive would not auto-mount despite installing alternatives to pmount. I got "no device" errors, and after a variety of mknod commands, I got block errors.
If I pulled the USB drive, then physically reinstalled, all was well. This is an old machine, with one USB port, and I didn't want this kind of wear-and-tear.
When I watched another old laptop (Sony Vaio PictureBook PCG-C1VN) boot, I saw it load both "USB" and "USB-storage" modules. With the Inspiron, I realize that it was only loading "USB"
In rc_local, I had to use both of these commands:
rmmod usb_storage
modprobe usb-storage
The flashdrive automounts now, and the underscore and the hyphen are deliberate in those commands.
Why did I have trouble here, when the identical OS works fine in two other laptops? And why did these commands work?
Very confused,
Jake
My USB flashdrive would not auto-mount despite installing alternatives to pmount. I got "no device" errors, and after a variety of mknod commands, I got block errors.
If I pulled the USB drive, then physically reinstalled, all was well. This is an old machine, with one USB port, and I didn't want this kind of wear-and-tear.
When I watched another old laptop (Sony Vaio PictureBook PCG-C1VN) boot, I saw it load both "USB" and "USB-storage" modules. With the Inspiron, I realize that it was only loading "USB"
In rc_local, I had to use both of these commands:
rmmod usb_storage
modprobe usb-storage
The flashdrive automounts now, and the underscore and the hyphen are deliberate in those commands.
Why did I have trouble here, when the identical OS works fine in two other laptops? And why did these commands work?
Very confused,
Jake