Rich, You need to mount the partition instead of the device. The partition is listed in the line "sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sdb: *sdb1*"
Try this: mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/thumb This assumes that /mnt/thumb is an existing directory. - Jason On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote: > I have a 32G high-speed SD card for my Panasonic digitatl camcorder. I > just tried for the first time to transfer the SD card's contents to my > computer, but could not do so. > > /var/log/messages tells me it's seen as /dev/sdb, and in /etc/fstab that > device is mounted on /mnt/thumb. However, when I try to mount it the > attempt > fails: > > [rshepard@salmo ~]$ mount /mnt/thumb > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb, > missing codepage or helper program, or other error > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > dmesg | tail or so > > dmesg does not add much insight: > > [rshepard@salmo ~]$ dmesg | tail > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 63485952 512-byte logical blocks: (32.5 GB/30.2 GiB) > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > sdb: sdb1 > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk > FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors > VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb. > > I understand that these cards need to be formatted by the camera. Have > any > of you experienced users advice for me to resolve this issue? > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
