[aklug] Re: Confused -- manually mounting usb in Debian

I scan of linuxquestions.org reveals http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/how-to-mount-usb-stick-255953/

Jim MacDonald
jim@macdonald.org

On Oct 18, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Christopher Howard wrote:

> Hi. I want to know how to manually mount a usb stick on my debian
> system, but I'm a bit confused about something.
>
> After I plug in my usb stick into an available usb port (same results
> with different ports), I run dmesg and get this at the end:
> [318078.208027] usb 3-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> address 13
> [318078.341035] usb 3-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [318078.341270] scsi12 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> [318078.341402] usb 3-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0781,
> idProduct=5406
> [318078.341405] usb 3-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [318078.341408] usb 3-6: Product: U3 Cruzer Micro
> [318078.341409] usb 3-6: Manufacturer: SanDisk
> [318078.341411] usb 3-6: SerialNumber: 43172107D081D855
> [318078.341425] usb-storage: device found at 13
> [318078.341427] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before
> scanning
> [318083.340369] usb-storage: device scan complete
> [318083.340857] scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk
> Cruzer 7.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> [318083.341359] scsi 12:0:0:1: CD-ROM SanDisk
> Cruzer 7.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> [318083.342465] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] 3907583 512-byte hardware sectors
> (2001 MB)
> [318083.343102] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
> [318083.343107] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08
> [318083.343110] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [318083.344841] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] 3907583 512-byte hardware sectors
> (2001 MB)
> [318083.345479] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
> [318083.345514] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08
> [318083.345516] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [318083.345523] sde: sde1
> [318083.347185] sd 12:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
>
> This suggests it detected the usb stick and it is an sde device.
>
> However, there is no sde block file in my /dev/ directory. The
> closest
> things are:
> /dev/sda
> /dev/sdb
> /dev/sdc
> /dev/sdd
>
> However, when I try (as root) to mount these with
> mount /dev/sda /media/usb (after creating the usb directory, of
> course)
> The only message I get is 'mount: no medium found'. Same with
> /dev/sdb... etc.
>
> I thought sda - sdd were for the floppy drive. So why don't I have a
> /dev/sde block file? Am I supposed to create/install one? How do I
> do
> that?
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I tried googling all over the place,
> but
> all examples/tutorials just assume there is a /dev/sde or /dev/sde1
> device file present.
>
> --
> Christopher Howard
> choward@indicium.us
> http://www.indicium.us
>
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