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jcai 09-15-2004 06:32 PM
USB memory key installation
 
How do you install the drivers needed to use a standard usb memory key?

Joey.Dale 09-16-2004 10:31 AM
try
Code:
mkdir /mnt/usbstick
mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usbstick
-Joey

michaelk 09-16-2004 10:57 AM
What distribution are you running? Most already configure USB support and you do not need to do anything.

David the H. 09-16-2004 01:42 PM
Most usb bulk storage devices need to be mounted from /dev/hda1, not /dev/hda, as written above. It is possible to format a disk without actual partitions, just a single large memory block, in which case /dev/hda is needed, but most flash memory isn't configured like that.

If USB isn't already configured, this page will help you to set it up:
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/%7Eggbaker/personal/cf-linux

Joey.Dale 09-17-2004 04:53 AM
Quote:
Most usb bulk storage devices need to be mounted from /dev/hda1, not /dev/hda, as written above. It is possible to format a disk without actual partitions, just a single large memory block, in which case /dev/hda is needed, but most flash memory isn't configured like that.

If USB isn't already configured, this page will help you to set it up:
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/%7Eggbaker/personal/cf-linux
USB Mass Storage Devices are seen as scsi, hence /dev/sda(1).

David the H. 09-18-2004 01:46 PM
Whoops, sorry. I meant sda, not hda. Here I was trying to correct somebody and I had to be corrected myself. 'Doh!

lel800 10-18-2004 04:08 PM
I've seen it mentioned elsewhere that I may have to edit the /etc/fstab file to mount my USB Memory Key.
Are you saying it is not necessary to do this...

I'm relatively new to Linux and don't want to modify master files if it isn't necessary.


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