[LUGSB] Problem wtih pen drive

Vinay Pai vinay at cs.sunysb.edu
Wed May 4 10:27:10 EDT 2005


Wait... if its /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1, why are you
trying to mount /dev/sda?


On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 08:18 -0400, Skip Evans wrote:
> 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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