Hey mister root, just put a line like:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/flash auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
into /etc/fstab. And then you can mount it from the popup menu on the
desktop, or mount /mnt/flash



On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 23:54, an unknown sender wrote:
> Hi guys, here's a USB newbie question.
> I am using RH 8.0, the system recognizes my USB portable harddisk alrite. I 
> can see
> 
> # mount
> ......
> usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
> 
> now, i am not sure how to access the disk.
> I did a google and it seems it is just a simple mount.
> so i did (as root)
> #mkdir /mnt/uhda
> #mount -t vfat  /dev/sda /mnt/uhda 
> mount: /dev/sda is not a valid block device
> 
> i checked my /proc/bus/usb
> 
> #ls 
> 001 devices drivers
> #cat devices
> T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
> B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
> D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
> S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
> S:  SerialNumber=1840
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
> 
> #cat drivers
>          usbdevfs
>          hub
>  96-111: hiddev
>          hid
> # 
> 
> any idea?
> 
> thanx
> 
> J AI
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