Try mounting a partition, not the entire device. Matt
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 12:11:12PM +0530, mohanlal jangir wrote: > I have been following instructions at > http://vic.dyndns.org/linux-UsbMassStorage/ for using USB8IN1 card reader on > Linux. It went very well except that I could mount it. When I tried to do > "mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb /mnt/reader", I got the following error: > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb or too many > mounted file systems > This happens for all filesystems i.e. msdos and vfat > When I tried to do "mkfs msdos -t msdos /dev/sdb" I got following error > message: > mkfs.msdos: will not try to make filesystem on /dev/sdb > > sg_scan -i tells that /dev/sg1 corresponds to USB CF reader ( I have CF > inserted in reader) and sg_map tell "/dev/sg1" maps to /dev/sdb > > Regards > Mohanlal > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. > Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering > advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. > Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users -- Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver Pitr! That's brilliant! Funded by Microsoft refunds. What sweet irony! -- A.J. User Friendly, 2/15/1999
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