On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 09:15:48PM -0400, rehmert@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 21:04 -0400, Amadeus W. M. wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:47:09 -0400, rehmert@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 18:16 -0400, Amadeus W. M. wrote: > > >> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:04:45 -0500, akonstam wrote: > > >> > On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 12:48:40PM -0400, Amadeus W. M. wrote: > > >> >> I'm trying to access a usb memory stick (FC4), and I think it's detected > > >> >> but I don't know how to access it. I tried guessing /dev/sd? but in /dev I > > >> >> only have sda? for my partitions only, and nothing else. So > > >> >> > > >> >> mount -t vfat /dev/sd? /media/usb > > >> >> > > > > > > Try this: > > > > > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb > > > > sda1-sda10 are my partitions. And there's no other /dev/sd? . > > <snip> > > Is your primary drive a SCSI or SATA? That's probably the case... If > so, have you tried the next: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usb > > Unless, of course, you have a secondary HDD installed... I agree with your analysis. /dev/sdb1 would be the device to try. And the fact that sda is a disk drive screws things up a little. But I am still concerned that it does not automount. Sounds like udev , fstab-sync and maybe hal needs to be talked to harshly. -- ======================================================================= Assembly language experience is [important] for the maturity and understanding of how computers work that it provides. -- D. Gries ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
