Re: mount attache usb jump drive

From: Greg Madden <pabi@gci.net>
Date: Tue Dec 21 2004 - 17:03:28 AKST

On Tuesday 21 December 2004 03:48 pm, volz wrote:
> Trying to mount a PNY "Attache" 256 mb usb drive on a redhat linux
> box.
>
> We have the drive identified as /dev/sda a mount point exists and
> there is an entry in fstab to wit:
>
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash auto user
>
> Comes back with a "no medium present" Also dmesg makes noise about
> the size being 1Gb but know it is a 256m device?
>
> Any tricks or howto's? I have mounted other usb devices with vfat
> filesystems on them, but I haven't had any luck with usb flash memory
> unless it is in a card reader. I figure there has to be a way.

I would try to mount it using the command line, then once it works put
it in the fstab. Some tings to check, usb mass storage loaded, might
use vfat instead of auto, any other usb devices that might already
claim sda1 ?

-- 
Greg Madden
Precision Air Balance, Inc.
Phone: 907-276-0461
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