Hi there,

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I purchased high-cap MP3 player/usb hard-drive from d-link
[snip]
> Usbview seems to see the  device properly, and it appears under
> /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/1, but I can't mount it.
[snip]
> commands:
> 
> $ mount -t vfat /dev/scd2 /mnt/usb-storage/
> mount: /dev/scd2: unknown device
> $ mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb-storage/
> mount: /dev/sda is not a valid block device

I think your scsi devices will be /dev/sda, /dev/sdb etc., but also I
think it's usual to mount a partition not a whole device.

Have you tried this:

# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb-storage/

Note that you normally need to be root to mount a partition,
see the mount manpage.

HTH

73,
Ged.




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