Hola,

I have searched for this problem in the old threads but i cant really find what i need... I have been having problems with my USB devices locking up my machine but i somehow managed to get that worked out, my problem now is just trying to read what is on the USB Mass Storage when it is plugged in. I am very new to Linux but i do believe the solution would be to mount the device but i cant figure out how... Please help.


Thank You,
Lost in Code

What is the device name for the USB Mass Storage? Like your hard drive is /dev/hda.

Once you know what the device name is, then I would assume you mount it like any other device.

mount -t filesytem type /dev/devicename /mnt/destinationname
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98

All this as root.

This is the output that i get when i type in the command:

[root@localhost root]# mount -t fat32/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .

I know this is the instructions on how to do it but so far it is just blowing my mind...

Thanks for yalls help

Should the command look like this:

mount -t fat32/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

Or should there be no space between "sda1" and "/mnt"

mount -t fat32/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

fat32 is not the right name. It's called vfat. If the mountpoint exists (i.e. there is directory called /mnt/usb) and /dev/sda1 is the device name, and it is formatted in fat32, then
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
should do it.

edit: you need a space between -t and vfat; another space between vftat and /dev/sda1 and another space between /dev/sda1 and /mnt/usb

Great thank you it worked... there was no dir called usb, all that was in there was cdrom and cdrom1 so i just made a dir called usb and mounted the the device. Low and behold i can finally see what is on there... thanks to everyone on this board, yall are awsome!!! This is really making the migration a 1000 times easier