From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rfc: test whether a device has a partition table
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 02:00:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030925010052.GD7665@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F723A04.2000609@torque.net>
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 10:42:44AM +1000, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> I have a USB 500 MB USB key that confuses linux (both 2.4 and
> 2.6) since it has no partition table. It shows up on my laptop as:
Confuses it in which sense?
> $ cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: Prolific Model: USBFlashDisk Rev: 1.00
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> I can mount it with:
> $ mount /dev/sda /mnt/extra
So it works fine. what's the problem?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-25 1:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-24 20:29 rfc: test whether a device has a partition table Andries.Brouwer
2003-09-24 21:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-09-24 23:50 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-09-25 0:05 ` viro
2003-09-25 12:14 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-09-25 0:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-09-25 6:53 ` Xavier Bestel
2003-09-25 10:57 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-09-25 4:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-09-25 4:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-09-25 11:42 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-10-05 9:00 ` Meelis Roos
2003-09-25 0:42 ` Douglas Gilbert
2003-09-25 1:00 ` viro [this message]
2003-09-25 1:27 ` Douglas Gilbert
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-05-22 11:18 Uwe Bonnes
2004-05-22 12:37 ` John Bradford
2004-05-22 12:56 ` Andries Brouwer
2004-05-22 15:14 ` Uwe Bonnes
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