USB Microdrive help

[s3raphim]

this should be fairly simple, i just don't know where or how to start.

i have a usb kanguru microdrive of 64mb. the system hdbrowser recognizes it in /dev/sda but i can't mount it. how do drivers for this sort of thing work? or am i just mounting it wrong?

i have some other hardware i need to learn how to mount, but this is really the most urgent.

my system:
dual boot LILO
win XP 30gb
rh7.3 20gb
650 Celeron
512 RAM

[mdwatts]

How are you trying to mount the usb drive?

I believe you need the usb-storage module to be able to access these devices.

Does lsmod show usb-storage among other usb modules?

Google for Linux searches and www.linux-usb.org may have additional info.

[s3raphim]

ismod? more explanation necessary. is this something that is going to require reconfiguring and compiling my kernel? *slight groan*
on boot up it recognizes usb filesystem if that makes a difference.
i've never done hardware installs before though so you're going to have to be more specific.
:rolleyes:

[mdwatts]

Does

lsmod

show all the necessary usb modules and usb-storage?

What command are you using for mounting the drive?

man lsmod

man insmod

man modprobe

[vhg119]

make a directory to mount it to.
'mkdir /mnt/microdrive'

then mount it.
(its probably formated as a vfat)

mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/microdrive

if that doesnt work then try

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/microdrive

[s3raphim]

yay it worked!
thanks. i'll be back when i get to the cd writer. :D