Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261623AbTIYBAz (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:00:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261631AbTIYBAz (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:00:55 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:29059 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261623AbTIYBAy (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:00:54 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 02:00:52 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Douglas Gilbert Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rfc: test whether a device has a partition table Message-ID: <20030925010052.GD7665@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <3F723A04.2000609@torque.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F723A04.2000609@torque.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 777 Lines: 21 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? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/