On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:25:10 +1300 John Blance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a similar problem with a zip drive. > > Current zludge is: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/zip <- fails with error > followed by > mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip <- works silently if you boot with a disk in the zip, doing the second one (only) will do; when booting without a disk in linux is unable to load the partition table from the device and your first mount attempt forces it. for the usb drive I'd stick to the plain /dev/sdX device (no partition table number) and double check if for some reson an sdb or sdc node is created instead of sda try something like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: Sony Model: MSC-U03 Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 that scsi1 tells me that I expect to find the memory stick on /dev/sda; scsi2 would mean /dev/sdb etc... cheers -- Delio
