Ok I have been trying to mount my usb hard drive under RH9 for the last couple of days. I am trying to figure out where the problem is, either with Linux and USB or Linux and my usb hard drive (Lacie - fat32). Any help would be great.

[root@normal]# mount
/dev/hda7 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,user=normal)
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/vfat type vfat (rw)
[root@d154-5-54-24 normal]#


[root@ normal]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt/usb
mount: mount point /mnt/usb does not exist

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mount/usb

make sure that the directory /mnt/usb exists
mkdir /mnt/usb
then apply permissions as appropriate given your security needs using either the graphic properties or chmod in terminal

hope this helps

ezra143 thanks, but when I try this i get this error message:

[root@normal]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mount/usb
mount: mount point /mount/usb does not exist

then I tried makind mkdir /dev/usb then issuing the above command, and got the same error message. . . any other ideas?

oops, my bad
typo
I meant
mkdir /mnt/usb or /mount/usb which ever is actually a directory on your system.

Just though I would add a little more information. I found this program usbtree that gives you a little more information on my systems usb device.

[root@normal]# ./usbtree
/: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=usb-uhci/2p, 12M
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=usb-uhci/2p, 12M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=usb-uhci/2p, 12M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=stor., Driver=usb-storage, 12M

Thanks [root@normal ]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb worked! Thanks for your help !

Jeremy

I struggled with that for quite some time a few months ago. Actualy got it right after coming here