USB Flash drive

trainee · 05-17-2005, 08:53 PM

Do you know how to mount a USB drive?
What would I have to put in the /etc/fstab file? (And besides, if I change this file and I want it to be effect without rebooting, what would I have to do?)
My laptop is a Toshiba Tecra 8000 (very old) and I'm not sure if Slackware recognized its USB port? How do I check it?

mago · 05-17-2005, 10:13 PM

Well is either of these two options:

Code:

/dev/sdx             /mnt/key                 vfat                noauto,noatime,users         0      0

or

Code:

/dev/sdx1           /mnt/key                 vfat                 noauto,noatime,users         0       0

Enjoy

bbo · 05-18-2005, 09:08 AM

Add this line to your /etc/fstab

/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0 0

then issue this command

modprobe usb-storage

then create mount point

cd /mnt
mkdir /usbstick

to mount

mount /mnt/usbstick

hope this help

trainee · 05-18-2005, 01:50 PM

Your tricks work.

Thanks, bbo and mago.