Mounting USB storage devices

COKE CAN · 08-01-2005, 03:30 PM

Code:

# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mount/removable
mount: mount point /mount/removable does not exist

slithy · 08-01-2005, 03:36 PM

Umm, thats cause that mount point probably doesn't exist. The command was:

Code:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/removable

not

Code:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mount/removable

COKE CAN · 08-01-2005, 04:18 PM

Code:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

Code:

#dmesg | tail
codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300300]
codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54
ndiswrapper version 1.1 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no)
ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:1534): loadndiswrapper failed (1792); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
ndiswrapper version 1.1 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no)
ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:1534): loadndiswrapper failed (1792); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
ndiswrapper version 1.1 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no)
ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:1534): loadndiswrapper failed (1792); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
FAT: invalid media value (0xb9)
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda.

makuyl · 08-02-2005, 02:14 AM

Check if the needed modules are loaded and post: lsmod|grep usb
Also, is the drive partitioned and formatted?

Come to think of it, post also fdisk -l with the drive plugged in. Although it looks like you're missing a module, like uhci-hcd, ehci-hcd or ohci-hcd depending on your hardware.