Matthew Robinson wrote:
> the device is made by aiwa (model AM-NX9). how would i go about mounting
> it? ive read a few websites, but they are not specific. any ideas any1?

i'm guessing that this is just a mass storage device. the linux usb guide
explains how to access those: <http://www.linux-usb.org>.

if everything is already set up correctly (and it may well be with the
stock kernel), then /var/log/messages and dmesg should give some info when
you plug in the player.

> anyway, hotplug usb does nothing except add this line to dmesg
>
> usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 3
>
> ive also tried
>
> mount -t usbfs usb /usb

usbfs is a pseudo file system like proc which the kernel uses to
communicate information about the attached usb devices. it has nothing to
do with accessing usb mass storage devices.

> that appeared to work, but:
>
> bash-2.05b# ls /usb
> 001 002 003 004 005 devices
> bash-2.05b#
>
> the directories just contain folders like 001 002 003 and no files.

yeah, they are the usb bus numbers, IIUC. each folder contains files for
the device attached to it, if any.

> im sure ive seen that before in /proc or /dev about usb.

you have, because that's where usbfs is supposed to be mounted. and it
probably is: /etc/fstab should contain a line like this:

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0

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