Codename.Dalit Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 I'm trying to mount my ipod (as a firewire drivE), but its a firewire device. and my kernal doesnt support firewire. can anyone tell me how to patch it to support firewire? I tried reading some tutorials online. but couldnt make any sense out of it [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 (edited) I'm sorry...I'm not laughing at you, but if you are correct and linux still doesn't support firewire by default.... that...that...that's just sick Edited August 12, 2005 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename.Dalit Posted August 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 well yup I spent about a hr with someone in #mandriva and it turns out It doesnt support firewire :-< I'm running Mandrake 10.1 btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Mandriva supports firewire. Open a console, login as root and type: lsmod | grep ieee1394 That's your driver. :) What errors are you getting with the ipod. If it's a firewire problem just boot the default Mandriva kernel and it should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Jeez, some of us obviously don't keep up with the times. Firewire has been working solidly in Linux for ages. All 2.6 kernels support it _really_ well. All you need to do in compile the kernel module in. This is the problem with distros like Mandriva that ship with precompiled kernels - they presume too much. My advice: find out how the Linux kernel works and compile yourself a vanilla kernel. It's not difficult at all. ! Ignore the misguided statements in this thread - Firewire is fully supported in Linux ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename.Dalit Posted August 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 aight well I to mount the ipod I need the command mount -t vfat <what goes here> /mnt/ipod [root@localhost admin]# lsmod | grep ieee1394 ieee1394 292056 2 eth1394,ohci1394 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 mount -t vfat /dev/sdxx (where x is the number of the drive and x partition) /mnt/ipod (you do have a /mnt/ipod folder? If not make one). Example: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/ipod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename.Dalit Posted August 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 (edited) Yeah, I made that dir awhile ago /dev/sdxx does not work [root@localhost admin]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/ipod mount: special device /dev/sda does not exist [root@localhost admin]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/ipod mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist [root@localhost admin]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod mount: /dev/sda2 is not a block device I think something is up with my firewire card. even though my ipod is getting power through it. when i type "tail -f /var/log/messages" and plug-in my ipod. nothing shows up also, this is my dmesg ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a270002bcd1ed] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[000a270002bcd1ed] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting... ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a270002bcd1ed] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a270002bcd1ed] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 and this is my lsmod ieee1394 292056 2 eth1394,ohci1394 ohci1394 30788 0 Edited August 12, 2005 by Codename.Dalit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 http://pag.csail.mit.edu/~adonovan/hacks/ipod.html Make sure sbp2 get's loaded. (chesk lsmod. If not open a console login as root and type: modprobe sbp2) You should get to see something in dmesg (check the link) Also check /dev/ (with a filemanager like konqueror) and have a look at what sdxx devices there are (you can only mount partitions so mount /dev/sda won't work). And try mount /dev/sdetcetc (without the vfat. Perhaps you have an old ipod) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename.Dalit Posted August 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 (edited) this is the dmesg after I use that command SCSI subsystem initialized sbp2: $Rev: 1219 $ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> edit: and I dont have anything that starts with "Sd" in that folder ... *goes off to read the tutorial* Edited August 12, 2005 by Codename.Dalit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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