Problems mounting usb harddisk
 

I used fdisk to format my usb hdd. I previously used it under windows so I deleted all the partitions and created a new primary partition. Then tried to mount it using:

mount /dev/sda1 /home/usb

well... then the error is that I have to specify the filesystem. I have tried various types using the -t parameter but all with no luck. I can see the drive (usb 2.0 storage device) in usbview. What am I missing here? Is the harddrive formatted wrong or something with fstab or what?

hope someone can help me out here..

is this entered in your fstab? You will need an entry that looks something like this:

/dev/sda1 /home/usb vfat noauto, users,rw 0 0

Linux needs to know what filesystem you chose to format your disk.

Also, I've run into problems (with gentoo anyways) if I don't first mount the drive as root. Sometimes, this just fixes the problem. Also, try sda1,2,3,4 as an option.

I have entered the line into fstab. But it's the same problem. When I type

mount /dev/sda1 /home/usb/

I still get the error that I have to specify the filetype. When I click on the icon 'Computer' on the desktop and the on usb it will not mount. the error:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, or too many mounted file systems


BTW I am using Fedora Core 2.

I works now:-))

Just needed to create the filesystem.

mksf -t ext3 /dev/sda1

and then mount it.