I am unfamiliar with fstab syntax and I could use some advice on how to mount the usb flash drive.

First make a folder in /mnt

mkdir /mnt/usbdrive

open fstab
vi /etc/fstab

Insert following line
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive vfat noauto,user,rw 0 0

When you done this plug in your usbdrive

run the following command

mount /mnt/usbdrive

Enter the drive

cd /mnt/usbdrive

run the following command to see what is on the drive

ls -al



Good Luck

Line 4: /dev/usb /mnt/usbdrive vfat no auto, joseph, rw 0 0
Error message: [mntent]: line 4 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: can't find /mnt/usbdrive in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
sda1 does not exist

Your usb should connect to sda1 or sda2, if you have more than one usb dive.
So line 4: /dev/usb /mnt/usbdrive vfat no auto, joseph, rw 0 0
is not correct it should be something like this
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive vfat noauto,user, rw 0 0
remember there should be no space between no and auto

The user that I used is joseph. Here is how it reads:
/dev/usb /mnt/usbdrive vfat noauto, joseph, rw 0 0
It still fails:
[mntent]: line 4 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: can't find /mnt/usbdrive in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Neither sda1 or sda2 exist. If I need to create them, then I need instructions.

The instructions worked for me thanks! rover


still amazed at all the help available online

on FC2 currently recompiling to kernel 2.6.9

Fc now doesnot seem to recognise hot plugging of flash drive

how ever that is not what this post is about


I started to get the error two posts above, where it says "line X is bad"

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/dev/usb /mnt/usbdrive vfat noauto, joseph, rw 0 0
It still fails:
[mntent]: line 4 in /etc/fstab is bad
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I deleted the space b4 "rw" and it stopped complaining, interesting thing was that vi did not mark the text red then, it became green, I guess there was some kind of error checking

Anyways hope you solved it cinnamonq