usb stick in slackware 9.1
Im new to linux and slackware 9.1 I have jsut installed this distro and have stuck my usb stick into my compy. HOwever when i go into mnt it does not show?:S Can anyone plz help me?
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Have you mounted the device? Why are you using 9.1 instead of a newer version? :/
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What do the last few lines of dmesg show just after you plug usbstick in?
You didn't say what kernel you are using but you may need to use one with usb mass storage, scsi support, scsi disk support and scsi generic support as modules or built in. |
The only reason for runnning such an old version of Slackware is if you have a stable production server that you just want to "run"
9.1 is using ancient versions of KDE and still had Gnome desktop, I think. If you get the latest 11.0 and do a clean install, you are more likely to get your questions answered here, without having to search in the archives for threads that closed a few years ago. |
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Anyway, I use my USB memory stick in Slackware 9.1. The original poster seems to think you can just plug things in and have them automatically configured. Well, Slackware doesn't do things that way. I got my USB drive to work by loading the usb-storage module and adding this line to /etc/fstab: Code:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb vfat noauto,user,uid=1000,gid=100 0 0 Code:
mount /mnt/usb Code:
umount /mnt/usb |
I have followed your instructions and all went well except for the last part:
Called: mount -tvfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb -o noauto,user,uid=1000,gid=100 mount: mount point /mnt/usb does not exist Any ideas why this happened? |
Open a console:
su mkdir /mnt/usb Then you should be able to go. |
To be honest, that error message is quite clear..
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I think Nylex means that you need to create "/mnt/usb". Just do as root:
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Edit: Sorry glussier; you already said this. I didn't see your post. |
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Also reading the last few lines of dmesg after plugging in your usb stick usually gives some info about which dev it's been assigned to. |
alright ive done mkdir on it all as root user. I now get this message:
Called: mount /mnt/usb [mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab mount: mount point /mnt/usb does not exist and another is this: Called: mount -tvfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/usb -o defaults mount: mount point /mnt/usb does not exist |
Are you sure /mnt/usb exists? What do you get when you type
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ls /mnt/usb Code:
lsmod | grep usb-storage Code:
modprobe usb-storage I don't think the warning about /etc/fstab missing a final newline is going to stop you from mounting the drive, but you might want to fix that some time (probably just open the file in an editor and go to the end of the last line, and hit enter). The command you tried, Code:
mount -tvfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/usb -o defaults |
Hey,
I am also a total newbie and this is what I did. I booted up and then connected the USB stick. then typed dmesg in the console. I read where it has put the stick and then mounted it to a USB folder. |
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may be its incorrect as I haven't tried it. mount -t vfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/usb -o defaults |
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