mount usb device on debian
 

how can i mount a usb device on debian?

Hi,

Plug in your usb device.

As root type this:
Now you should see your device listed. Make a note about the devicename/mountpoint.

Next make a mountpoint for your device:
You probably want to access your usb device as a regular user, so change permission by typing this:
Next open up your fstab using an editor:

Add this line to the end of the file:
Now remember to change the 'sda1' into the info you got earlier when you typed the ls -l command.

That's it.

If you use SCSI or SATA hard drives, they'll be assigned /dev/sd* names as well, so it might be tricky to work out which one is the USB device using 'ls -l'. Another way is to typein a terminal window - you should see the USB initialisation messages, along with a line telling you which /dev/hdx device it's been bound to.

HTH,
Andrzej

Just to add I think this is even better

But if I want ot mount a ntfs usb
 

Hi,

thanx to your reply : )

But what if I want to mount an ntfs usb key?

Will I have to simply edit the fstab entry and replace the vfat by ntfs filesystem?

Or will I have to load modules prior to that?

Your welcome.

No it's not as simple as that unfortunately :tisk:

For the easy way around it, just partition your usb key using fat32.

If you want to continue using ntfs you will have install ntfsmount and fuse.

Here is a good howto:
http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsmount

Have fun :)

If I may ask, where did you get a usb key with NTFS on it? Almost every portable media sold comes formatted in FAT32. Did you reformat it yourself or can you actually buy them that way?

I agree with the above though. It's much easier just to put a FAT32 file system on it than to mess with NTFS. FAT support is almost universal, but NTFS is a nightmare outside of WindowsNT-based systems.

usb key with ntfs
 

I reformatted it... I was using it on Windows. It's only now that i'm trying to mount it on linux.

I'll try to mount it as ntfs just for fun :)
Thanx for the advice : )