usb sticks are often formatted msdos, not vfat, try -t msdos. also somethimes they are not partitioned in the normal way, and the filesystem may be on /dev/sda not /dev/sda1
keep fiddling. On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:56:21 +1200 Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't mount any FAT partitions - neither my shared FAT partition nor > my USB flash-drive: > > $sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 usb > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, > or too many mounted file systems > > This install just doesn't seem to know anything about fat. Is there some > module that I need? > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
