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: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > 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 > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/zfXIA/qR4Uok1vQRAp4dAKDGoDJVJGJACNf9T3sP73RG5GSPuQCcC8Dt > quDJdutdCbMjaL3lx/VuWRQ= > =8Bcb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by OSDN's Audience Survey. > Help shape OSDN's sites and tell us what you think. Take this > five minute survey and you could win a $250 Gift Certificate. > http://www.wrgsurveys.com/2003/osdntech03.php?site=8 > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by OSDN's Audience Survey. Help shape OSDN's sites and tell us what you think. Take this five minute survey and you could win a $250 Gift Certificate. http://www.wrgsurveys.com/2003/osdntech03.php?site=8 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
