I am trying to use a Lexar Jump Drive 1GB. I have started the USB-Storage Module. and I use the tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages command to find this out.


May 2 16:55:32 dhcppc2 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-3, assigned addres s 3
May 2 16:55:35 dhcppc2 usb.agent[7860]: missing kernel or user mode driver usb- storage
May 2 16:55:35 dhcppc2 kernel: SCSI device sda: 2030592 512-byte hdwr sectors ( 1040 MB)
May 2 16:55:35 dhcppc2 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
May 2 16:55:35 dhcppc2 kernel: sda: sda1
May 2 16:55:35 dhcppc2 kernel: inserting floppy driver for 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl
May 2 16:55:38 dhcppc2 kernel: floppy0: no floppy controllers found
May 2 16:55:38 dhcppc2 insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2188.nptl/kernel/drivers/b lock/floppy.o: init_module: No such device
May 2 16:55:38 dhcppc2 insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect m odule parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find mor e information in syslog or the output from dmesg
May 2 16:55:38 dhcppc2 insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2188.nptl/kernel/drivers/b lock/floppy.o: insmod block-major-2 failed
May 2 16:55:39 dhcppc2 devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
May 2 16:55:59 dhcppc2 su(pam_unix)[8572]: session opened for user root by extr

Why is it trying to use a floppy driver? I have been doing all this as root.

It's not using the floppy driver for your USB drive. It's just looking for USB floppy drives and not finding any. Your USB drive is available as /dev/sda1 (i.e. mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usbdrive).

Also, try doing modprobe usb-storage before inserting the jump drive.

I tried modpobe usb-storage before plugging in the USB drive. I tried to mount the drive manually w/ mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usbdrive got an error.

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
or too many mounted file systems

Usually with the jumb drives, you'll have to mount it as sdaX, where X is an integer between 1 and 4. In your case it looks like the usbdrive is placed under sda1. Create a mount point for it:

mkdir /mnt/usbdrive

Then mount it with the same command jspenguin posted, but specify sda1:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive

If you get any errors, please post them.

This is what I get.

[root@dhcppc2 mnt]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

Thanks for your help folks.