what do i have to do to mount my usb jumpdrive?

Derek-kun · 09-20-2003, 08:38 PM

i've posted 2 posts about this topic already but i figured i didn't explain myself well enough. is there anything special i need to do to mount my lexar jump drive? it's usb but i don't know if it manages different than windows. can anyone help me??

DavidPhillips · 09-20-2003, 09:32 PM

try this

tail -f /var/log/messages

then plug it in

and look at the results.

then with any luck try this

mkdir /mnt/jumpdrive

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/jumpdrive

or post the results of tail.

Derek-kun · 09-20-2003, 10:54 PM

it said that /var/log/messages was an invalid argument.

i did the other thing and it made a mnt folder int /mnt but it didn't go to my jump drive.

DavidPhillips · 09-21-2003, 05:18 AM

Code:

tail -f /var/log/messages

what distro do you have, maybe it's another file that has the system logs

Derek-kun · 09-21-2003, 01:50 PM

mandrake 7.1

DavidPhillips · 09-21-2003, 07:29 PM

the command will work then

Code:

tail -f /var/log/messages

michaelk · 09-23-2003, 06:52 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=94974

Like the previous thread says the MDK 7.1 kernels USB support is very basic. You need to update the kernel to latest 2.2.x See www.linux-usb.org and www.kernel.org. Or install a more recent distro with a 2.4 kernel like slack that will work on older PC's.