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Help Mini 2 and mass storage under Linux

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VAElynx

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Hello! I have a problem.
Not long ago I became an owner of a Samsung Galaxy Mini 2. I transferred my 4gb Micro SD card into it, the things on it are accessible just fine, but. When trying to mount the device as mass storage in Linux, it does not work.
Specifically, even when I connect the device with the cable to USB port, pull down the menu , and select to connect it, I do not see any drive partitions.
Specifically /dev/sdb appears, but not any partitions of it, where /dev/sdb1 should be the one and only, the mass storage on the card. I tried enabling or disabling USB debugging in development settings, it doesn't make a difference .

I am using Slackware 14 with custom 2.6.32.59 kernel ( I can't use newer kernels due to my wireless network card's driver not coping with anything newer than the 2.6 series - the firmware is closed-source and it's old so nobody bothered to update it)
Thank you for any help.
 
instal kies so you have the right drivers.
then when you connect it go to settings/conection settings/usb conection settings and change the usb conection type to storage.
Hope it helps
 
I installed Kies on the VIrtualBox machine I got <br>
Problem is ,it says "Please connect the device" all the time. <br>
lsusb lists the following for the device : <br>
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 04e8:689e Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-S5670 [Galaxy Fit] <br>
And VirtualBox recognises something is in the USB port too, but Kies does not, despite trying the troubleshooting button it has a number of times - it supposedly reinstalled its own driver, but it doesn't work any better <br>
And, I do run things that can't run in linux from there, most notably my scanner, so that shouldnt' be a problem of principle. <br>
Thanks for any further help.
 
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