Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 04, 2002 11:30 PM
There should be no need to recompile the kernel for this. I have a similar device, and have a general idea of what the problem is. First of all, the kernel only needs the usb-storage module (and whatever dependencies it may have), which is availble already with the mdk kernels. (And probably just about every other distro). And chances are it's even already loaded.
The problem is, the device does not exist in the filesystem. (In my case at least...) Devfs doesn't create any files for these types of devices. So you have to mknod the device file yourself, and finding the right major/minor numbers to do that is a time consuming goose chase. I did manage to figure it out once, after lots of frustration, with Mandrake 8.0. But when I installed 8.1, it was gone again. I gave up and now just use that device in Windows.
It's just a standards compliant usb storage device! It should be a no brainer for the OS to treat it the same as a CD or floppy drive.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 04, 2002 11:30 PMThe problem is, the device does not exist in the filesystem. (In my case at least...) Devfs doesn't create any files for these types of devices. So you have to mknod the device file yourself, and finding the right major/minor numbers to do that is a time consuming goose chase. I did manage to figure it out once, after lots of frustration, with Mandrake 8.0. But when I installed 8.1, it was gone again. I gave up and now just use that device in Windows.
It's just a standards compliant usb storage device! It should be a no brainer for the OS to treat it the same as a CD or floppy drive.
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