[LUGSB] Problem wtih pen drive

[Skip Evans]

I've tried both. From reading many pages on Google I found
a reference to the long device name being a link to /dev/sda,
the actual device. (Pseudo device name, I believe the long one
was called.)

Vinay Pai wrote:

>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
>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>    lugsb mailing list
>>>    lugsb at mail.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu <mailto:lugsb at mail.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
>>>    http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/mailman/listinfo/lugsb
>>>    <http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/mailman/listinfo/lugsb>
>>>
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>lugsb mailing list
>>>lugsb at mail.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu
>>>http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/mailman/listinfo/lugsb
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>lugsb mailing list
>>lugsb at mail.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu
>>http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/mailman/listinfo/lugsb
>>    
>>
>_______________________________________________
>lugsb mailing list
>lugsb at mail.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu
>http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/mailman/listinfo/lugsb
>
>  
>