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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?

  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 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
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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