[LUGSB] Problem wtih pen drive

[Thomas Levine]

If /dev/sda1 doesn't work, check that the usb drive is formatted.

2005/5/4, Vinay Pai <vinay at cs.sunysb.edu>: 
> 
> If the device has a partition table on it (which the long device name
> seems to suggest) you probably want to mount /dev/sda1 not /dev/sda.
> 
> Check "fdisk -l /dev/sda" to be sure you're mounting the right
> partition.
> 
> If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas
> 
> On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 08:49 -0400, Skip Evans wrote:
> > 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
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