Well, it's been found. All you need to do is mount it.
Create a mount point at /mnt , I call mine 'flash'. For example 'mkdir /mnt/flash'.
With the unit inserted, type 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash'.
With any luck (no error messages) you'll now be able to write/read files to/from the device by reading from/writing to /mnt/flash.
Remember to unmount the device before pulling it out: 'umount /mnt/flash'.
Fedora Core1 seems to insist on /mnt/flash as the mount point.
I added the following line to /etc/fstab
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
Then as non-root user, I can mount it and use it ok but, once done, "umount /mnt/usb" take a long time to complete. Some time after, both the directory /mnt/usb and the line in /etc/fstab disappear and replaced by /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
I have since capitulated to the system's idiosyncracy and use /mnt/flash instead of /mnt/usb as the mounting directory.
Cheers -Asri Sulaiman
