Mounting a USB

rahul123 · 10-07-2004, 12:58 AM

Hi guys just wanted to know how could i use my USB Flash disk in Red hat linux 9.0. I even have a USB cdrom but when i connect it to my linux OS it just does not detects it. Could someone plz let me know how could i do this.

kwisi · 10-07-2004, 03:11 AM

maybe you can you try by mounting your device via the command:

mount -t <yourfilesystem> /your/dir /dev/sda

compfreak221 · 10-09-2004, 01:47 PM

you also have to edit something in the /etc/fstab

mirradric · 10-09-2004, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kwisi
maybe you can you try by mounting your device via the command:

mount -t <yourfilesystem> /your/dir /dev/sda

shouldn't it be

Code:

mount -t <fstype> /dev/sda1 <mountingpt>

mirradric · 10-09-2004, 02:00 PM

try to mount /dev/sda1 ( unless you have something else that is /dev/sda. In that case try sdb ) If it mounts, you are on the right track. (assuming that it IS your USB flash disk) If not, type

Code:

dmesg

and check for anything that looks like your USB flash disk. That'll provide us with some clues.

gmcmaster · 11-03-2004, 05:02 AM

Oooo Thanks for this, just mounted my external USB Hard Disk using mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/disk worked perfectly