I'm having problems with a Lexar JumpDrive. When I plug it in, it creates an entry is fstab like this:
/dev/sda /mnt/diskonkey auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
When I try and mount it using the Disks menu from the Gnome desktop, I get:
Nautilus was unable to mount the selected volume. and mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified
If I mount it manually using : mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/diskonkey it works fine
If it makes any difference, the command: usbmodules --device /proc/bus/usb/001/008 gives me: usb-storage
How can I change the device and mountpoint that it defaults to?
---- Ryan
I note that the entry in fstab seems incorrect. It should have /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda. This might be caused by a partition table that is not quite what is expected. What do you get from the command:
fdisk -l /dev/sda
If you can back up the contents, then try doing a mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1 on it (while unmounted). This should fix up the partition table if that's what is causing the problem.
You might put a regular entry for /dev/sda1 (without the "kudzu" parm) into fstab. This entry should survive unplugging it. If you then edit this entry to change auto to vfat, then it should mount from the Disks menu.
-- Fritz Whittington Let each man exercise the art he knows. (Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.)
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