Cant mount usb sticks with fat32 ISO-8859-1 2.6.31-ARCH

when trying to mount my usb sticks from xfce4 desktop(halmount).
Following error occurs (as told by dmesg).
FAT: IO charset ISO-8859-1 not found
First i suspected hal being the culprit but now im not so sure anymore.
im using stock 2.6.31-ARCH.
when i checked the .config for the stock kernel CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y is enabled in the kernelconfig, and also everything below to support fat32.
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
but when i list the modules nls_iso8859-1.ko is missing.
#~ls -a /lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso*
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-13.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-14.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-15.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-2.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-3.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-4.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-5.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-6.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-7.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-9.ko
So i suspect the newest kernel broke mounting with hal.
Last edited by nichlas.johansson (2009-10-17 14:25:56)

Based on the information given in http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82176, I changed in /etc/rc.conf from LOCALE=en_GB.iso88591 to LOCALE=en_GB.utf8, uncommented en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 in /etc/locale.gen, issued # locale-gen and after a reboot, I was able to mount my usb sticks again.
However, now I get "FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!" in dmesg. Is this something, I need to worry about...?
Last edited by smurf (2009-10-19 08:29:15)

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4 113264640 169887686 27G Linux filesyste sda4
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3 54544384 109070335 26G Linux filesyste Partition 3
4 109070336 163596287 26G Microsoft basic
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/dev/sda2 ext4 (not mounted) 0a76a275-1798-495b-aa27-732626029de2
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/dev/sda4 ext4 (not mounted) 8f043c02-8b56-4689-a0ee-ed34ccc6f21f
/dev/sda5 ext4 / 82699b0e-8fe9-41e2-be13-65c798ed8a73
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What is sdc1p? Is that another USB stick? It seems to have an equally weird partition map.
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/dev/sdb3 ext4 (not mounted) 2e3b383d-3fa7-40df-b52d-c5d07caf252e
/dev/sdb4 ext4 (not mounted) 9d9b0656-d4ca-4efa-b6f8-1797bd4ead1f
/dev/sdb5 ext4 (not mounted) 05abf58a-ae6e-4377-9b3d-d6bacd92226d
/dev/sdb6 ext4 (not mounted) 8d7c6d55-dc47-471f-84f6-aae8864dfdd7
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mount -F pcfs dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2:1 /mnt
mount -F pcfs dev/dsk/c3t0d0sX:Y /mntetc. with variing numbers for X and Y!
The error message always is equivalent to (I can't recall the exact words): no valid DOS-filesystem found.
Invoking "format" and selecting the disk then asks if the disk should be labeled. If answered with yes all the disk is in one partition. Labelling the disk seems to kill all partitions as reattaching the disk to a Windows computer has the result that the disk has to be initialized and new partitions created. All data is hence lost.
I also tried creating a FAT32 filesystem from Solaris (which would be nice actually, as Windows isn't able to format 250Gig with FAT32 in one chunk) after creating a new partition using:
mkfs -F pcfs dev/dsk/c3t0d0s7Trying to mount this slice then yields:
mount -F pcfs dev/dsk/c3t0d0s7 /mntI/O error
Now I'm out of ideas! Do I have to "activate" FAT32 support specially? It all seemed so easy reading the "Managing USB Devices" in the Solaris 9 Documentation.
Thanks for any help in advance!

Did you try
mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2:c /mnt
What's the contents of the fdisk partition table on Solaris, after you've prepared the USB HDD on windows?
The command "fdisk -W - /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2" prints the raw fdisk partition infomation.
You can also try to create the pcfs filesystem on Solaris, using something like this:
fdisk /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s2 (create a 100% FAT32LBA partition, activate it and write back the fdisk label)
mkfs -F pcfs -o fat=32 /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s2:c

Bootcamp cant use USB stick to download drivers.

My Macbook Pro cant seem to use the USB stick to download the drivers for Windows. I have install Windows on a new partition but cant use it since the machine does not talk with the software without the drivers.
Every time I try to download them, it tells me ''Unable to save the Windows support software on the selected disk. An error occurred while saving the Windows support software.'' (English translation from French).
Went twice to the Genius Bar, lost my time twice and I dont really know what to do.

Good Afternoon Juliendls,
The resources below will explain how to setup Boot Camp using a USB. What version of Windows are you trying to install? Is it possible that you have not formatted the USB media for Windows?
How to install Windows using Boot Camp - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468
Frequently Asked Questions about installing Windows 7 with Boot Camp - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-lb/HT202008
Where can I get the Windows Support Software (Windows drivers)?
Use Boot Camp Assistant to automatically download the software for your Mac and the versions of OS X and Windows you are using. Refer to System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems for more information.
How do I use the Support Software I downloaded from the web page?
The download file is a .zip file. Double click it to uncompress it.
Copy the Support Software to the root level of a USB flash or hard drive that is formatted with the FAT file system (see question below for steps on how to format).
Attach the hard drive to the USB port of your Mac after Windows 7 is installed.
Double-click the Boot Camp folder, then locate and double click the "setup.exe" file.
Installation of the drivers can take a few minutes. Don't interrupt the installation process. A completion dialog box will appear when everything is installed. Click Finish when the dialog appears.
When your system restarts your Windows 7 installation is done.
How do I format USB media to the FAT file system?
Use Disk Utility to format a disk for use with a Windows computer.
Important: Formatting a disk erases all the files on it. Copy any files you want to save to another disk before formatting the disk.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the disk you want to format for use with Windows computers.
Click Erase, and choose one of the following from the Format pop-up menu:
If the size of the disk is 32 GB or less, choose MS-DOS (FAT).
If the size of the disk is over 32 GB, choose ExFAT.
Type a name for the disk. The name’s maximum length is 11 characters.
Click the Erase button, and then click Erase again.
Hope that helps ...
- Judy

Booting from an USB stick with an old BIOS using a boot CD

Hi
I use larch to build a customized live-usb system, and I'm pretty happy with it.
The problem is that I can't boot it on some old computers, with a BIOS that :
Doesn't support booting from USB devices
Doesn't support accessing USB devices
This mean, that, when using a CD with GRUB, the USB stick cannot be seen by GRUB.
That issue is discussed in the Ubuntu help : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromUSB
As you can see, I have problem #2, so my option is to use Linux USB drivers to boot from the stick.
kernel /boot/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent
The only problem is that, this seems to be Ubuntu-specific, and I don't know how to do that in Arch Linux : do I need a custom kernel or something ?
I tried searching for "cdrom-detect" in the Linux Kernel Documentation, without success.
Thanks
Last edited by mickael9 (2010-09-29 20:08:53)

I use Plop bootmanager to boot from usb cause my PC cant boot from usb because of BIOS
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html
I actually use a older version that seems to work better than newer one
link to mine> http://multidistro.com/downloads/plpbt
grub legacy entry
title Plop
root (hdx,x)
kernel /boot/plpbt
grub2
menuentry "Plop" {
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e6adb195-3201-42f0-b6d6-f175abe1912c
linux16 /boot/plpbt
see if that works

I want to put photos on my ipad from a usb stick (with a connector)

When I put the 8GB usb stick into the ipad (through a connector) I get the message
Cannot use device.
The connected USB device requires too much power.
I am trying to load some photos on the ipad.
Thanks

I have 3 USB thumb drives. One, the oldest, causes the too much power msg. Buy a new one.
Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).
Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)
Secrets of the iPad Camera Connection Kit
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-conn ection-kit/
 Cheers, Tom

[SOLVED] How to automatically mount USB drives with custom mount point

edit:
Original title was : 'Unable to mount USB disk via /etc/rc.local', but got changed since the /etc/rc.local problem isn't relevant for me anymore.
Hello,
Since I am new to this forum, I'll start off with this :
Thanks to archlinux, its founder and all its contributors, cause this is the operating system (flavour) that annoys me the least.
The root problem :
I want to automount USB storage devices to other places than /media/ and without the need for programs that depend on gnome and the like. As I tried some stuff with hald and such, I didn't really get to a nice and easy to configure solution. Any hints in that direction are always welcome.
For now, automount of known USB storages devices during boot, will do.
So the things I tried and didnt work :
1.
Provide the disk info to /etc/fstab (via the disks UUID and 'auto' filesystem)
Add 'mount /mountpoint' to /etc/rc.local
Result : the mount command in rc.local says '... specify filesystem'
However, after boot, running /etc/rc.local mounts the USB disks correctly.
2.
Provide the disk info to /etc/fstab (via the disks UUID and the correct filesystem)
Add 'mount /mountpoint' to /etc/rc.local
Result : pc doesn't get through boot process and gives me the 'ctrl-d to reboot or root passwd for maintenance'
3.
Provide no disk info in /etc/fstab
Add the full mount line to /etc/rc.local (mount -t fs /dev/disks/by-uuid/MyUUID /MyMountpoint )
Result : don't remember the output of the mount execution, but well, it didn't mount
However, after boot, running /etc/rc.local mounts the USB disks correctly.
Is there something that isn't loaded at the time of rc.local execution that I need for mounting of USB devices ? Or why else is this failing ?
Regards,
BasiK
Last edited by BasiK (2009-08-28 07:22:50)

Thanks for the hint hunterthomson, but the pc I will be using it on, is an own-built HTPC/home file server, so there is no way I want to use a graphical file manager to get the usb disks mounted.
I tried to figure out a little about udev rules, and I got to do what I wanted to do, so thx for pointing me in that direction Mr.Elendig.
Btw, I am indeed also using auto-sleep/park disks, but this udev way works perfectly.
I added two rules files to /etc/udev/rules.d/ :
The first for a known usb disk (with its volume uuid), with a named mountpoint under my media dir /symbiosis/ :
[basik@plox ~]$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/80-usb-utopia.rules
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[b-z][0-9]", ENV{ID_FS_UUID}=="a59332c2-07ba-4c52-afb5-20e361bdf71a",SYMLINK+="usb-%n", GROUP="storage", NAME="%k"
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[b-z][0-9]", ENV{ID_FS_UUID}=="a59332c2-07ba-4c52-afb5-20e361bdf71a",RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p /symbiosis/utopia"
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[b-z][0-9]", ENV{ID_FS_UUID}=="a59332c2-07ba-4c52-afb5-20e361bdf71a", RUN+="/bin/mount -t auto -o rw,noauto,sync,dirsync,noexec,nodev,noatime /dev/%k /symbiosis/utopia", OPTIONS="last_rule"
ACTION=="remove", KERNEL=="sd[b-z][0-9]", ENV{ID_FS_UUID}=="a59332c2-07ba-4c52-afb5-20e361bdf71a", RUN+="/bin/umount -l /symbiosis/utopia", OPTIONS="last_rule"
The second for unknown usb disks, to mount under the same dir. This is simply taken from the archwiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ude … .26_Tricks
Make sure these rules are executed after the ones for specific usb disks.
[basik@plox ~]$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/usb-disks.rules
KERNEL=="sd[a-z]", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usb%m", GROUP="storage", OPTIONS="last_rule"
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", SYMLINK+="usb%n", GROUP="storage", NAME="%k"
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p /symbiosis/usb%n"
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", RUN+="/bin/mount -t auto -o rw,noauto,sync,dirsync,noexec,nodev,noatime /dev/%k /symbiosis/usb%n", OPTIONS="last_rule"
ACTION=="remove", KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", RUN+="/bin/umount -l /symbiosis/usb%n"
ACTION=="remove", KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", RUN+="/bin/rmdir /symbiosis/usb%n", OPTIONS="last_rule"
These may not be the nicest looking udev rules, but it works for what I wanted to do with it.

Mount USB stick manually

Hi there!
I'm new to Darwin and I'm wondering how to mount a USB flash drive manually. Actually I got the problem that my USB MP3 Player (Fat32 formatted) is being mounted read-only. So I'm looking for the device which has to be mounted. Something like this:
mount -t vfat /dev/DEVICE /mnt/usbdevice -o uid=1000 (how do I get the UID in darwin?)
I tried to get the 'DEVICE' info from /etc/fstab.hd (which should be the same as /etc/fstab in linux ?) when it's mounted automaticly but no success here (it says: 'IGNORE THIS FILE').
That brings me to my second question: Where can I find all mounted devices listed like it's in fstab in other UNIX systems?
I hope that's not to much asking
greetings
z00k

That brings me to my second question: Where can I find all mounted devices listed like it's in fstab in other UNIX systems?
Open Disk utility located in Applications/Utilities. Disk Utility can mount/unmount and eject external media, (and do a lot more).

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