[LUGSB] Problem wtih pen drive

[Skip Evans]

Hello Thomas and all,

I have tried that option as well, with the same
results.

Skip

Thomas Levine wrote:

> Change msdos to vfat.
>
> 2005/5/3, Skip Evans <skip at venomouspenguin.com 
> <mailto:skip at venomouspenguin.com>>:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     I am new to the list, and am using Xandros Desktop 2.0, a Debian
>     based distribution, and just purchased a Rosewill 1.5GB RJB1536
>     pen drive.
>
>     The Xandros file manager seems to recognize the device, and calls
>     it /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
>
>     But not one of a dozen attempts I've made to mount the device
>     seems to work.
>
>     My latest is this. I have placed this entry in /etc/fstab:
>
>     /dev/sda  /mnt/flash  msdos user,noauto    0     0
>
>     And when I try to mount it, I get this:
>
>     linux1:/etc# mount -t msdos /dev/sda /mnt/flash
>     mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
>            or too many mounted file systems
>
>     Any advice would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
>
>     Skip
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