The
following procedure should only be used if you
have been unable to get your EasyDisk to mount
in Linux. It is advised that an experienced
Linux professional assist you in these steps.
First, I down-loaded the following packages
from http://www.rpmfind.net
to my /tmp/ directory.
hwdata-0.14-1 for RedHat 7.3
usbutils-0.9-5 for RedHat 7.3
hotplug-2002_04_01-3 for RedHat 7.3
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Then, as root, install the packages by executing
the following commands:
rpm -i --nodeps --force /tmp/hwdata-0.14-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -U --nodeps --force /tmp/usbutils-0.9-5.i386.rpm
rpm -U /tmp/hotplug-2002_04_01-3.i386.rpm
Confirmed that the packages
had been properly installed.
% rpm -q hotplug
hotplug-2002_04_01-3
% rpm -q usbutils
usbutils-0.9-5
% rpm -q hwdata
hwdata-0.14-1
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In /root/.bashrc we added the following two
lines.
Note that in your system, /proc/bus/usb might
already be mounted.
If this is true, then you will not want to try
to mount /proc/bus/usb/ again.
alias usbon='/sbin/modprobe usb-uhci;
/sbin/modprobe usb-storage; /sbin/modprobe usbserial;
/sbin/modprobe pl2303; mount -t usbdevfs none
/proc/bus/usb;'
alias usboff='/sbin/modprobe
-r usb-pl2303; /sbin/modprobe -r usbserial;
/sbin/modprobe -r usb-storage; /sbin/modprobe
-r usb-uhci; umount /proc/bus/usb;'
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Then, as root,create a directory /mnt/usbhd/
and make it
accessible to all.
# mkdir /mnt/usbhd/
# chmod 777 /mnt/usbhd/
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Then, as root, add the following two lines at
the end of /etc/fstab
none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto
0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhd vfat noauto,user 0 0
This completes the system
set-up for the USB flash memory.
Whenever you want to use the EasyDisk Flash
Memory Drive:
Do the following:
(A.) As root,
# usbon
(B.) plug in the flash memory
pen;
(C.) As myself,
% mount /mnt/usbhd
The EasyDisk USB Flash Memory
is now accessible via
the directory /mnt/usbhd/
(D.) before disconnecting
the USB Flash Memory Pen ...
% umount /mnt/usbhd
NOTE: step (A.) should be
executed only once after each re-boot.
Before a re-boot or a shut-down, as root, run
# usboff
