On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 09:42 -0400, Amadeus W. M. wrote: > On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:15:48 -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? . > >> > >> [root@phoenix ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda > >> > >> Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120060444672 bytes > >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14596 cylinders > >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > >> > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >> /dev/sda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux > >> /dev/sda2 * 14 523 4096575 7 HPFS/NTFS > >> /dev/sda3 524 650 1020127+ 83 Linux > >> /dev/sda4 651 14596 112021245 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > >> /dev/sda5 651 9574 71681998+ 83 Linux > >> /dev/sda6 9575 10211 5116671 83 Linux > >> /dev/sda7 10212 10848 5116671 83 Linux > >> /dev/sda8 10849 11103 2048256 83 Linux > >> /dev/sda9 11104 11358 2048256 82 Linux swap / Solaris > >> /dev/sda10 11359 14596 26009203+ 83 Linux > >> > > > > 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... > > Of course... > [root@phoenix ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usb/ > mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist > > > I tried sdb1-10, sdc1-10, etc. Nothing. > > I only have a single hard disk, and it's SATA. > > What worries me is that in other posts on memory sticks, people showed in > /var/log/messages entries saying what sd? the memory stick was seen as. I > only see in my logs a single entry: > > Aug 13 12:01:22 phoenix kernel: usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 > > Something is amiss here. I don't know what to look into. ---- insert stick tail /var/log/dmesg see what it says Craig
