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

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