USB devices

Thanotos · 03-22-2006, 09:42 AM

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/dev/sda         /mnt/sda         auto        noauto,owner     0   0

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root@stealth:/mnt# ls
cdrom/  floppy/  hd/  sda/

and this is what I get when I attempt to mnt:

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root@stealth:/mnt# mount /sda
mount: can't find /sda in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

Thanotos · 03-22-2006, 09:55 AM

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root@stealth:/mnt# ls
cdrom/  floppy/  hd/  sda/

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/dev/sda         /mnt/sda         auto        noauto,owner     0   0

and when I attempt to mnt:

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root@stealth:/mnt# mount /sda
mount: can't find /sda in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

WilliamS · 03-22-2006, 10:51 AM

Here's what I did to see pictures from my usb digital camera:

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrom

Then browse to /mnt/cdrom and I can see pictures in a directory.

This should work for you, as your dmesg | tail shows the same for me.

Thanotos · 03-22-2006, 03:33 PM

I thank everyone for the assistance, here is an update of what is going on .... NOTHING lol

I tried

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mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrom

and got this output:

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root@stealth:/mnt# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrom
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

so I went to /var/log/debug and read:

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Mar 22 12:45:13 stealth kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured

I am thinking that things are looking less likely.

nadroj · 03-22-2006, 03:37 PM

try specifying the filetype, if its fat32 then do:

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

Alien_Hominid · 03-22-2006, 03:37 PM

Didn't read everything from the start but you need to specify filesystem type of the device which you are mounting. Try:
#mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrom
There is another one usbfs, but I don't know where (which devices) it is used.

WilliamS · 03-22-2006, 05:43 PM

I've never had to specify the type of filesystem when using mount.
Usually when I get something like

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mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or other error

It means that it can't read what's on the cd or whatever, usually damaged data (or no data? - can't remember)

Thanotos · 03-22-2006, 08:30 PM

FYI:

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root@stealth:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrom
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

"three strikes, your out."

thanks guys, oh well - not sure if there is anything else

Mr_C · 03-23-2006, 12:55 AM

Mr_C · 03-23-2006, 01:05 AM

You won't want to mount the actual mass device /dev/sda but rather its 'partition' sector /dev/sda1

# mkdir /media/sda1
# mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1

/media is used for removable storage according to the File Heiacrchy Standard.