As well as what Ged said (although I use a RH 2.4.20 quite happily with
usb-storage) you probably need to mount a particular partition. Look in
your kernel logs to see what one (generally it is the first one, so would
be /dev/sda1).

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, J. Wren Hunt wrote:

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> Hi! I'm trying to find what is the 'normal' way to attempt to mount a
> USB memory stick and haven't yet come across any documentation that
> works for me.
>
> If I attempt to mount the device via:
>
> # mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/flash
>
> I receive the error message:
>
> mount: mount point /mnt/flash does not exist
>
> I added the line:
>
> /dev/sda        /mnt/flash              vfat    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
>
> to the /etc/fstab file, but it still won't mount. What silly thing am I
> overlooking? Thanks very much!
>
> Wren
>
>
> p.s.
>
> Some more system config details:
>
> ~ uname -a
> ~ Linux pooh 2.4.20-20.9 #1 Mon Aug 18 11:45:58 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386
> GNU/Linux
>
>
>
> $ cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0
>
> ~   Host scsi0: usb-storage
> ~       Vendor: USB
> ~      Product: Solid state disk
> Serial Number: 8230DE83AA64C9B
> ~     Protocol: Transparent SCSI
> ~    Transport: Bulk
> ~         GUID: 0ea0680308230de83aa64c9b
> ~     Attached: Yes
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