Creative Muvo mp3 player #2

Net Llama! netllama
Mon Dec 27 21:22:50 PST 2004


On 12/27/2004 02:41 PM, Harry Giles wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>> On 12/27/2004 01:42 PM, Harry Giles wrote:
>>
>>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/27/2004 08:39 AM, Harry Giles wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday 26 December 2004 06:59 pm, Harry Giles wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As per this lists recommendations, got the above for my 
>>>>>>> daughter.  Any
>>>>>>> ideas how to access it on Linux?  (running Suse 9.2)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Load usb drivers, plug in the player, view var/log/messages to 
>>>>>> determine the correct device to mount, then mount it thus:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/muvo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once mounted, read write to your desire. Be CERTAIN to umount it 
>>>>>> before unplugging it...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When I do, I get:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dec 27 11:34:35 linux kernel: usb 6-3: new high speed USB device 
>>>>> using address 3
>>>>> Dec 27 11:34:36 linux kernel: usb 6-3: device not accepting address 
>>>>> 3, error -71
>>>>> Dec 27 11:34:36 linux kernel: usb 6-3: new high speed USB device 
>>>>> using address 4
>>>>> Dec 27 11:34:36 linux kernel: usb 6-3: device not accepting address 
>>>>> 4, error -71
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the error 71?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Which kernel version are you using?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Suse's 2.6.8-24  (Suse 9.2)
>>
>>
>>
>> hrmmm.  do you have more than 1 USB port to try out?  Googling on that 
>> error seems to suggest some kind of funky resource issue.
>>
>> Beyond, i really don't have any ideas, sorry.
>>
>>
> OK.  Tried on my laptop.  /var/log/messages tells me:
> 
> Dec 27 17:33:31 linux kernel: usb 4-5: new high speed USB device using 
> address 3
> Dec 27 17:33:32 linux kernel: usb 4-5: Product: MuVo Slim
> Dec 27 17:33:32 linux kernel: usb 4-5: Manufacturer: CREATIVE
> Dec 27 17:33:32 linux kernel: usb 4-5: SerialNumber: 00000104E80A4111
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass 
> Storage devices
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel:   Vendor: CREATIVE  Model: MuVo 
> Slim         Rev: 0001
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel:   Type:   
> Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: SCSI device sda: 499712 512-byte hdwr 
> sectors (256 MB)
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel:  sda: sda1
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, 
> channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, 
> channel 0, id 0, lun 0,  type 0
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 3
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> Dec 27 17:33:39 linux kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
> Dec 27 17:33:50 linux /etc/dev.d/block/50-hwscan.dev[7906]: new block 
> device /block/sda/sda1
> Dec 27 17:33:50 linux /etc/dev.d/block/50-hwscan.dev[7907]: new block 
> device /block/sda
> Dec 27 17:33:50 linux /etc/dev.d/block/51-subfs.dev[7922]: mount block 
> device /block/sda/sda1
> Dec 27 17:33:50 linux /etc/dev.d/block/51-subfs.dev[7928]: mount block 
> device /block/sda
> 
> 
> So I guess I need to do a
> 
> mount -t fat /dev/sda1 /mnt/muvo
> 
> Do I have to create the /mnt/muvo file first?  Otherwords, how do I 
> create a mount point?

mkdir /mnt/muvo

then
mount -t fat /dev/sda1 /mnt/muvo

this assumes that sda1 is actually a FAT filesystem (aka FAT16).  If the 
above mount command fails to work then run:
fdisk -l /dev/sda
to figure out what you've got.

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