mebbe you must change permissions on the device. What
does $ls -l /dev/sda say?

--- Martin S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Sorry bout this newbie like question but my brain
> isn't acting normally (so
> searching on the forums didn't solve anything
> either) :(
> I'm trying to mount my SanDisk Cruzer Micro 256 MB
> USB stick
> 
> I've got
> 
> /dev/sda                /mnt/usb        vfat        
>    noauto,user     0 0
> 
> in /etc/fstab
> 
> and in fdisk /dev/sda I see
> 
> /dev/sda1               1         979      250623+  
> c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> 
> I can mount /dev/usb as root and r/w to it. But as
> user I get
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ mount /mnt/usb
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> /dev/sda,
>        missing codepage or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog
> - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so
> 
> And dmesg | tail says
> ...
> FAT: invalid media value (0x01)
> VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda.
> 
> So where am I going wrong? Please help this
> befuddled temporary newbie.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martin S
> 


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