Subj : Re: USB storage ok with Suse 8.1 but not with 9.0 or 9.1
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Arthur Sharp
Date : Wed Sep 22 2004 11:53 am

> My USB memory sticks (2 of them) show up as /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1
> (running on a USB hub). You may want to look there and add them (as well
> as the direcotry in which they should be mounted) to your /etc/fstab.
> Here's mine (relevant section only):
>
> /dev/sda1 /mem ext3 user,noauto,sync 0 0
> /dev/sdb1 /mem2 ext3 user,noauto,sync 0 0
>
>
> the "user" allows an ordinary user (me) to mount them without havign to
> go root; noauto simplifies the mounting (doesn't try to detect the FS);
> the 0 0 tells the system to not try to mount them on startup (for cases
> when there's a power failure and the memory sticks are with me and no
> the computer).

> My USB memory sticks (2 of them) show up as /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1
> (running on a USB hub). You may want to look there and add them (as well
> as the direcotry in which they should be mounted) to your /etc/fstab.
> Here's mine (relevant section only):
>
> /dev/sda1 /mem ext3 user,noauto,sync 0 0
> /dev/sdb1 /mem2 ext3 user,noauto,sync 0 0
>
>
> the "user" allows an ordinary user (me) to mount them without havign to
> go root; noauto simplifies the mounting (doesn't try to detect the FS);
> the 0 0 tells the system to not try to mount them on startup (for cases
> when there's a power failure and the memory sticks are with me and no
> the computer).

Thanks for your help.
The other day I thought I solved my problem by putting the following in
/etc/fstab
/dev/sda1 /media/usb-storage subfs
rw,noexec,nousid,nodev,sync,procuid,iocharset=utf8 0 0

How did I get that ?
Once, in a non repeatable event, after rebooting the machine with the key
in,
it worked and that was in /etc/mtab

So I copied it and it worked. I turned off my machine, didn't used it for a
few days and now it doesn't work.

/dev/sda1 /media/usb-storage subfs
rw,noexec,nousid,nodev,sync,procuid,iocharset=utf8 0 0

is not both in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab but, when doing :
ls /media/usb-storage

the cursor never gets back. The machine still works, but that shell does not
respond.

Arthur

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