Matt Taggart writes... > > Alex Fernandez writes... > > > USB memory stick was mounted as "ramfs", since vfat was not working. > > Relevant line from /etc/fstab: > > /dev/sda /mnt/usbkey ramfs rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > That's your problem then. ramfs is, like the name suggests, a filesystem that > resides in memory. mount will ignore the /dev/sda you specified and just > create a ramfs instance at /mnt/usbkey. Try umounting it and remounting it an > d > you'll see that the contents disappear. If you specify ramfs without any > options the default behavior is to create a ramfs with a maximum size of one > half of physical memory.
Oops, I think I'm confusing ramfs with tmpfs here but the problem is still similar, you're using ram and not the flash device. -- Matt Taggart [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
