Well, I have a sda1 dir (with nothing in it) in /dev but not a block device sda1...so I guess not.

When I plug the device in and do:
[root@localhost jason]# modprobe sd_mod
[root@localhost jason]#

That's all I get, should I get some sort of output??

Sorry to act dumb here but I'm a bit lost as to the exact steps to detect/mount a USB device under Linux. I thought most of this was handled by hotplug. When I plugged a Sony Memory Stick reader in it was all handled automagically for me and all I had to do was mount it with Kwikdisk...this is a whole other beast ;)

Thanks for your time...

Cheers

Jason

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 11:10:20 +1300
Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Ok, here goes:
[root@localhost jason]# modprobe sd_mod
[root@localhost jason]# mount /dev/sda1
mount: can't find /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
[root@localhost jason]#

Bugger eh?? =)
It' stumping me too....

I thought the mount point was dynamically generated by hotplug???

no ^^

u must create a mount point (distros could make it for ya but...) and u
can optionally have it listed in fstab

if u do not specify all options in mount it looks for a mount point in
fstab or mtab

but if you do :

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/MOUNTPOINT

it should do the trick... (maybe add a [-t msdos] if it cannot
recognise the filesystem by itself)

anyway, did devfs create the sda device? if yes the solution is a few
keystrokes away :)

Cheers
--
Delio




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