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Old 01-20-2012, 02:14 PM   #1
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Cannot mount flashdrive


This is what I have done:

mkdir /mnt/memstick

chmod -R 4777 /mnt/memstick

My fstab:

/dev/sdb /mnt/memstick auto rw,users,noauto 0 0

(because "lshw |grep -9 -i cruzer" gave me this:


*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:4
logical name: scsi5
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: U3 Cruzer Micro
vendor: SanDisk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 8.02
serial: u
size: 3835MiB (4022MB)
capabilities: removable
*-medium
)

then:

~# mount /mnt/memstick
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

I have "automount" installed

What shall I do?

Thanks, Hearthstone.
 
Old 01-20-2012, 02:40 PM   #2
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/dev/sdb /mnt/memstick auto rw,users,noauto 0 0
You're trying to mount the physical drive, you need to mount the filesystem.

It's probably /dev/sdb1, but post the output of "fdisk -l /dev/sdb" just in case.
 
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:15 PM   #3
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Thank you! - Hearthstone.

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