Sun Jan 15 18:19:01 CET 2006

USB Mass Storage

Just copied the USB Mass Storage configuration from my laptop (Shrek -- whose display doesn't work anymore, incidentally; I'm really not impressed with Toshiba's last models, but that'll be the subject of a rant some day, probably).

So, I'll record the very complicated operations for posterity:

    • Enable USB Mass Storage in your kernel, if required (most modern stock kernels will probably have it already).
      Add this line in your /etc/fstab:
      /dev/sda1 /usb vfat noauto,user 0 0
      Create /usb
  • Then plug in your mass storage and just mount /usb

    If you have several SCSI devices, the USB device will probably end up somewhere else. Also, I have a feeling that configuring Shrek had been more complicated. This worked on a modern Debian.