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Posted: Aug. 01 2007,14:00 QUOTE
Hello, I am having trouble getting DSL-N to pick-up my usb key. The usb port is detected properly on start-up and will work fine with a usb mouse or keyboard. The usb key (which was formatted in fat fs) however does not show up in the mount tool or with fdisk. I tried editing fstab but I still cannot get it to work. Suggestions?

-thanks!

Ps - I am using the current release
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Posted: Aug. 01 2007,14:07 QUOTE
Which version are you running? Did you search like I suggested?

Change log for dsl-n-0.1RC4
5. Fixed USB2 not loading bug
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/f/viewtopic/342.html

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Posted: Aug. 01 2007,14:31 QUOTE
I am runing RC4 and it is a usb 2.0. I've searched the forums for answer but have found no working solution (this is what led me to edit the fstab).
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Posted: Aug. 01 2007,22:10 QUOTE
1. lsusb - Lists all USB devices.
Check that your pendrive is detected.

2. If not, I would check to see the USB 2.0 host module is loaded:
lsmod
Scroll up and down (Shift+PgUp/PgDn) and see if either "usb-ehci" or "usb-ohci" is loaded. If not, try modprobe:
modprobe usb-ehci - For motherboard with Intel chipset
modprobe usb-ohci - For other brands (nVidia, SiS, VIA, etc)
Also make sure that "usb-storage" is loaded. If not, then:
modprobe usb-storage

3. Try all possible device names:
mount -t vfat /dev/sdXX mountpoint
sda, sdb, sdc, sdd...
sda1, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1...
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Posted: Aug. 02 2007,00:28 QUOTE
Quote (stupid_idiot @ Aug. 01 2007,18:10)
1. lsusb - Lists all USB devices.
Check that your pendrive is detected.

2. If not, I would check to see the USB 2.0 host module is loaded:
lsmod
Scroll up and down (Shift+PgUp/PgDn) and see if either "usb-ehci" or "usb-ohci" is loaded. If not, try modprobe:
modprobe usb-ehci - For motherboard with Intel chipset
modprobe usb-ohci - For other brands (nVidia, SiS, VIA, etc)
Also make sure that "usb-storage" is loaded. If not, then:
modprobe usb-storage

3. Try all possible device names:
mount -t vfat /dev/sdXX mountpoint
sda, sdb, sdc, sdd...
sda1, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1...

Thanks for your help! I used lsusb and it was able to detect my usb key. I then ran lsmod and everything thing is loaded.. And finally I am still not able to mount using any of the common names. Where do I go from here?

thanks again
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