[nas-2000] Re: usb storage on dual nas
- From: philipp Wehrheim <flipstar@xxxxxxx>
- To: nas-2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:31:50 +0200
Hey Rob,
Rob wrote:
> On 26/08/07, philipp Wehrheim <flipstar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>>
> Hi Flip!
>
>> what si the output of:
>>
>> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
>
> nas> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> cat: /proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory
> nas> cd /proc/bus/usb
> nas> ls
> nas> ls -al
> dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 May 6 2000 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 May 6 2000 .
> nas> cat /proc/devices
> Character devices:
> 1 mem
> 2 pty
> 3 ttyp
> 4 /dev/vc/0
> 4 tty
> 5 /dev/tty
> 5 /dev/console
> 5 /dev/ptmx
> 7 vcs
> 10 misc
> 13 input
> 36 netlink
> 90 mtd
> 128 ptm
> 136 pts
> 180 usb
> 204 ttySL
>
> Block devices:
> 1 ramdisk
> 3 ide0
> 7 loop
> 8 sd
> 9 md
> 22 ide1
> 65 sd
> 66 sd
> 67 sd
> 68 sd
> 69 sd
> 70 sd
> 71 sd
> 128 sd
> 129 sd
> 130 sd
> 131 sd
> 132 sd
> 133 sd
> 134 sd
> 135 sd
> 254 mdp
> nas>
>
>
>> ??? Do you "see" you usb-disk?
>
> not anywhere i can find..
>
>> Do you have devices? Like /dev/sda?
>
> loads.. /dev/sda through to /dev/sdz4
>
>> What dos dmesg say right after you pluged the usb-disk in?
>
> I don't seem to have a dmesg command, nor a /var/log/dmesg :-(
>
>>> Is there any way I can get hold of this file pre-compiled, so it will
>>> be of use to me?? (Or instructions on cross-compiling it on an x86
>>> FreeBSD system....!!)
>>>
>>> I think once i get this sorted, the rest of the system may "just work"
>>> - various /etc/rc.* files definitely test for USB based FAT32 drives,
>>> quota files, etc, but don't work because none of /dev/sd* have been
>>> linked to drives..
>> Linked to what?
>> As you have a (dual?) sata nas you hd's will be sda, sdb so the usb-disk
>> should be sdc?!
Do you have ide or sata disks?
If you have ide disk you may want to try "the usb kernel" -> see the
wiki. But if you try you'll do at your own risk aka dont blame me if it
is not working ... :-)
>>
>
> I'm not sure... /proc/partitions shows hda*, hdc*, md0 and md1. and
> pinching
> the dd line from rc.usb prooves I can read from hda/hdc but not any sd*..
>
> nas> dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/tmp/out.fat32 count=1
> dd: /dev/sda1: No such device or address
> nas> dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/tmp/out.fat32 count=1
> 1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
> nas> dd if=/dev/hdc1 of=/tmp/out.fat32 count=1
> 1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
>
>> What is you kernel version?
>> run: uname -a
>
> Linux nas.internal.irrelevant.com 2.6.10_dev-versatile926ejs #7 Mon
> Feb 26 08:40:19 CST 2007 armv4tl unknown
It is the same kernel the raidsonic nas -> the tinky firmware is using
uname -a gives me:
Linux nas-2000 2.6.10_dev-versatile926ejs #1 Thu Jan 11 14:27:43 CST
2007 armv4tl unknown
>
>
> There are lots of references to /dev/sd* devicexs in rc. files in
> /etc, eg rc.usb does that dd to find out if to mount as fat32 or
> ext2/3.
yes the rc scripts are really generic and even test for 2.4
kernel/modules etc ...
--
flip
>
> I have tried with a usb mp3/flash stick, and a "proper" hard disc via
> a usb-ide adapter.
>
> Thanks for the help ....
>
> Rob.
>
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